Legal Jiu Jitsu 1 - Front Cover Ideas
Here is my basic (very rough) idea for the front cover layout.
Keep in mind that the fonts need changed, etc. This is just a mock up of ideas for what content to have on the cover and where to potentially place it.
This book explains what rights are in a manner that a middle school student should be able to grasp and covers how to property exercise ones rights when faced with any type of government agent.
I'll be running the cover by my wife here shortly as it clearly needs something... but I'm terrible with visual communication and would appreciate any initial feedback!
For those interested, the basic outline of this book is as follows (though some things will change during the final edit):
Section 1 - Rights, Wrongs, and Privileges
This section explains clearly what rights are, where they come from, and when the violation of a right is not a wrong.
- Chapter 1: Rights
- Chapter 2: Wrongs
- Chapter 3: Privileges
Section 2 - Types and Purposes of Law
This section explains why the phrase "That's against the law" doesn't necessarily think what people think it means by showing that there are different types of law that apply to different subjects interacting in different ways.
- Chapter 4: Civil Law - Wrongs causing damage
- Chapter 5: Criminal Law - Government edicts, pains, and penalties
- Chapter 6: Other Types of Law
Section 3 - Fundamental Rights
This section covers various fundamental rights that everyone has and explains how to use each of them in a manner that civil and criminal courts understand.
- Chapter 7: Silence
- Chapter 8: Searches
- Chapter 9: Seizures
- Chapter 10: Face Your Accuser
- Chapter 11: Know the Charges Against You
- Chapter 12: Assistance of Counsel
- Chapter 13: Right to Bear Arms
Section 4: Police Powers
This section covers what police actually have authority to do when interacting with you.
- Chapter 14: Questioning and Observing
- Chapter 15: Terry Stops and Frisking - Reasonable Suspicion
- Chapter 16: Arrest - Probable Cause and Warrants
- Chapter 17: Searches and Seizures - Warrants and Arrest
- Chapter 18: Requests for Emergency Help
Section 5: Government Agent Encounters
This section covers how to deal with any government agent that initiates contact with you .
- Chapter 19: Agent encounter basics
- Chapter 20: Agents at your door
Section 6: Police Encounters
This section covers how dealing with police is different than dealing with other government agents.
- Chapter 21: Police encounter basics
- Chapter 22: Police at your door
- Chapter 23: Travel and Traffic Stops
- Chapter 24: Road Blocks
- Chapter 25: In Custody
Section 7: Counsel and Lawyers
This section covers preparing counsel before you get arrested and, if you can afford one, how to find a good lawyer to hire as counsel when needed.
- Chapter 26: Arranging Counsel Before You Need It
Section 8: Educating Others
This section covers educating those you live with on what to do if any government agent shows up at your door and educating your immediate family (children, spouse, etc.) on what to do if stopped or questioned by a government agent.
- Chapter 27: Answering your door
- Chapter 28: Answering the phone
- Chapter 29: Children and Questioning
Section 9: Dealing with rights violations
This section covers what you need to know in order to deal with those who violate your rights.
- Chapter 30: When your rights are violated
- Chapter 31: Learning civil and criminal process
The initial draft for this book is just about competed at this point, so I'll be looking to track down someone to help design a cover that catches peoples attention and hopefully gets them to at least read the back cover and/or crack the book open.
I posted a few of the initial ideas for initial chapters over the last few weeks. Once I wrap up the last couple of chapters I'll post each section of the book up for those interested and make the book available in digital download and print formats as well.
I'm shooting for having this volume completed within the next couple of weeks so I can move onto volume two which will cover civil procedure, criminal procedure, and the rules of evidence in enough depth to let those interested have a solid foundation to start learning the rules of any courts they might end up in.