Gloria had broken many laws in the last yearshe committed fraud by claiming the clothes she made were her ownshe infringed on copyright and she made false claims against another business Laws exist to protect us. In Unit you will learn about the American legal systems and the processes that those accused of crimes go through in both the criminal and civil justice systems. There are many vocabulary words that you may have heard on TV crime shows, but others might be new to you. In either casereview the key terms at the beginning of each section carefully . As you read Unit keep in mind this question : Do the criminal and civil courts protect our freedoms or take away our freedoms as American citizens ?