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Learning Objective  2.3  Describe the four different sources of law

Video Link: Students Allowed to Carry Handguns on Campus
Summary: University of Texas President Gregory Fenves approved the guidelines for gun owners in light of a recently passed state law

Audio Link: A Genocide Conviction For Radovan Karadzic
Summary: The International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague on Thursday found Radovan Karadzic guilty of multiple crimes, including the slaughter of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the town of Srebrenica.

Web Link: Researching Federal Statutes
Summary: Library of Congress research guide for federal statutes. 

Web Link: International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Summary: Homepage for the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Learning Objective 2.6  Explain the different types of criminal defenses

Video Link: Insanity defense in sometimes-horrific crimes can lead to early release
Summary: People who admit committing violent crimes, including murder, are going free in Massachusetts after being found not guilty by reason of insanity, prompting one district attorney to tell 5 Investigates he wants a new kind of verdict available to judges and jurors.

Video Link: Jury Reaches a verdict in James Holmes Murder Trial
Summary: The jury in the James Holmes murder trial has found him guilty on 12 counts of first-degree murder in the 2012 shooting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater.

Audio Link:  Make My Day Laws and Self-Defense
Summary: Talk of the Nation topic discusses the Castle Doctrine