Laws+and+Consequences

As a group, discuss and write a system of laws and consequences for your island society using what you now know about legal codes from bygone eras. Present your laws through the use of a Google Presentation embedded into the //Laws and Consequences// page of your group wiki. The Legislator should be a big help with getting your discussion started! You must include **at least three laws and the consequences for breaking those laws for each of the six headings below**. Focus on laws that are necessary to maintain order, make sure that each law is reasonable and fair, and only include laws that can be readily enforced**:

1. Loss of Life and Other Acts of Violence** (Consider: What happens if someone kills another person, intentionally or accidentally?)

(Consider: What happens if someone steals something from another person? Does the size/value of what was taken matter?)
 * 2. Theft**

(Consider: What happens if someone damages someone elses property or tries to encroach on someone's property? Does the size/value of the property matter?)
 * 3. Property Rights and Damage**

(Consider: What scenarios could happen where neighbors get into fights with each other? What laws would be necessary to deal with these types of situations?)
 * 4. Neighborly Disputes**

(Consider: What laws will protect the basic human rights of all the people in your civilization?)
 * 5. Human Rights**

(Consider: What are three other laws you would want to include that did not fit in any of the other categories?)
 * 6. Other Crimes**


 * Creating Your GooglePresentation:**

You may choose to put each heading and its three laws/consequences on one slide – which would give you seven slides (a title slide and six law/consequences slides) or to do one slide for each law/consequence – which would give you 19 slides (a title slide and 18 law/consequences slides). If you add any pictures, please include an extra Works Cited slide with MLA formatted citations for them.

To create a Google Presentation, do the following: 1. Login to Columbia’s Google 2. Go to **Docs** 3. Click **Create New** → **Presentation** 4. Create your presentation (You can insert slides with **Slide** → **New Slide**. You can change the theme of your presentation using **Format** → **Presentation settings** → **Change theme**.)

To embed your presentation into the wiki, do the following: 1. Open your Google Presentation 2. Click **Share** → **Publish/embed** →**Publish document** (do not check the box) 3. Copy the code in the box (it begins with <iframe…) 4. Go to your //Laws and Consequences// Wikispaces page 5. Click **EDIT** to edit your page 6. Click the **Widget** button 7. Choose **Other HTML** along the left of the box that opens 8. Paste the code from your Google Presentation into the box 9. Click **Save**