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YR11 Legal Flashcards

Year 11 Content

1
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Why do we need laws?

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  1. Regulate behaviour
  2. For society to function
  3. Protect disadvantaged groups
  4. Resolve disputes
  5. Enforce rights
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Define Law

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Law can be defined as a set of enforeable rules of conduct which set down guidelines for relationships between people and organisations in a society

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Define Custom

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Established patterns of behaviour among a particular group of people

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Define Rule

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Prescribed directions for conduct in certain situations

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Define Values

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Principles or qualities considered worthwhile by society

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Define Ethics

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Rules or standards directing the behaviour of a person or the members of the profession

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6
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What case can be used for Procedural Fairness?

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James Hird AFL Case

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What should Just Laws be?

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C: Current (cannot be held in retrospect)
A: Acceptable
K: Known
E: Enforcable
S: Same (should apply to everyone equally)

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Define Anarchy

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When a country is left without effective laws and government, resulting in chaos

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Define Tyranny

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Reign by a single leader who holds absolute power. Typically resulting in a loss of human rights.

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What is Common Law?

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Law made by Courts

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What is an Appeal?

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An application to have a higher court reconsider a lower court’s decisions on the basis of an error of the law

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What is Court Jurisdiction?

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The power of a Court to hear certain cases

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What is Appellate Jurisdiction?

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The ability or power of a court to hear appeals of the decisions of lower courts and to reject, affirm or modify these decisions.

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What is Statute Law?

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Law made by Parliament

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Which states/territories in Australia DO NOT have a bicameral system?

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Queensland, Northern Territory, ACT

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What is Delegated Legislation?

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Legislation that is made by authority of an Act of Parliament whereby Parliament transfers authority to a third party.

16
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What are different types of Delegated Legislation?

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  • Regulations
  • Ordinances
  • Rules
  • By-Laws
17
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What is the Legislative Process?

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  • Need for new law is identified
  • Draft Bill
  • First Reading
  • Second Reading
  • Committe Stage
  • Third Reading
  • Upper House
  • Royal Assent
18
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What are the 3 arms of government?

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Legislature
Executive
Judiciary

19
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What is State Sovereignty

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The authority of a state to make rules and laws for its population and the power to enforce these rules

20
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What is International Law?

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Law that governs relationships between nation-states

21
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What is a State/Nation-State

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An independent legal entity that is recognised by other states on an international basis

22
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Article 1 of the Montevideo Convention states:

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Defines a state of having the following characteristics:
* Defined Territory
* A permanent population
* Functioning Government
* Capacity to enter international relations

23
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What are the 2 types of Treaties?

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  1. Bilateral
  2. Multilateral
24
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What is a Declaration?

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Formal statement of a party’s position on a particular issue

25
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What counts as Public Law?

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  • Criminal
  • Administrative
  • Constitutional
26
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What counts as Private Law?

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  • Contract
  • Property
  • Tort
27
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What are the Conditions of Law Reform?

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  • Changing social values
  • New concepts of Justice
  • New technology
  • Existing laws are not working
28
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What is Native Title?

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Native Title is a property right which reflects a relationship to land which is the very foundation of the Indigenous religion, culture and wellbeing.

29
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What are Rights?

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Entitlements that people have by legal or moral authority

30
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What are Responsibilities?

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Legal or moral obligations that a person may have to another person, group, state, society or other people generally

31
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What is the relationship between rights and responsibilities?

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Where someone has the right to be treated in a particular way, someone else has a corresponding responsibility to uphold that right.

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