international vs domestic law (still slides six)

Question 1

what are international laws (un)?

Answer 1

• state sovereignty
  - treaties = form of contracts
  between two parties (eg
  countries)
  - establishes international laws
  - charter of the UN is
  international law
  - international Court of Justice
  - UN security council (appoint
  peacekeepers)

Question 2

what is access to law?

Answer 2

having access means equal opportunity for all people to make use of
the legal system
if some can’t access the law, then they are discriminated against and thus denied justice

Question 3

what limits ones access to the law?

Answer 3

• cost;
  legal costs charged by lawyers/barristers are very high
  - time
  trials are lengthy/too difficult
  “justice delayed is justice denied”
  - distance
  range of places needed to go to access law; lawyers office, police station, courthouses
  - procedures
  with limited knowledge of law, may not even know your rights
  court procedures can be intimidating
  - languages
  legal terminology is confusing, especially if English isn’t a first language
  - being indigenous
  indigenous incarceration rates are unreasonably high, can be intimidating