Examines some of the issues facing heterosexual and same-sex couples who live together without the legal protections of marriage; discusses the importance of establishing a binding agreement to protect financial interests, property, and parental rights; and looks at changing laws governing domestic partnerships.
Offers an overview of the social and legal aspects of teenage substance abuse, discussing how drug and alcohol addiction can lead to health problems, destructive behavior, jail time, failure in school, criminal behavior, and even death.
Offers an overview of immigration law in the United States, tracing its history and examining key policies and changes that have impacted immigrants into the early twenty-first century.
Offers an overview of the history of capital punishment in the United States, tracing its history, discussing methods, and examining key issues and changes that have impacted policies into the early twenty-first century.
