unit 1/2 - legal studies

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AOS1 - Legal Foundations
Rules definition,
Examples of rules and where they ...,
Laws definition
9  cards
AOS1 - Social Cohesion and Rights
Social cohesion definition,
Social cohesion aims to,
What does a socially cohesive soc...
6  cards
AOS1 - The Principles of Justice
Fairness definition,
Fairness includes,
Equality definition
6  cards
AOS1 - Characteristics of an Effective Law
Reflects society s values,
Enforceable,
Known
5  cards
AOS1 - Commonwealth Parliament
Parliament s structure,
House of representatives,
Senate
4  cards
AOS1 - Victorian Parliament
Structure of victorian parliament,
Legislative assembly,
Legislative council
4  cards
AOS1 - Court Hierarchy
The victorian court hierarchy,
Reasons for court hierarchy
2  cards
AOS1 - Statutory Interpretation
Common law,
Statutory interpretation,
Why do acts need to be interpreted
4  cards
AOS1 - Relationship between Parliament and the Courts
Statutory interpretation,
Codification of common law,
Abrogation of common law
4  cards
AOS1 - Criminal and Civil Law
Criminal law,
Crime,
Features of criminal law
6  cards
AOS2 - Purposes of Criminal Law and Elements of a Crime
Purposes of criminal law,
What is a crime,
Elements of a crime
3  cards
AOS2 - Presumption of Innocence
Presumption of innocence,
Burden of proof,
Standard of proof
5  cards
AOS2 - Strict Liability Offences and the Age of Criminal Responsibility
Strict liability offences,
Defence to slos,
Age of criminal responsibility vi...
3  cards
AOS2 - Types of Crimes and Summary vs. Indictable Offences
Crimes against the person,
Crimes against property,
Drug offences
14  cards
AOS2 - Participants in a Crime
Principal offender,
Accessory
2  cards
AOS2 - Murder and its Elements
Murder,
Types of lawful killings,
Elements of murder
7  cards
AOS2 - Malice Aforethought
Word work malice aforethought,
Intentional murder,
R
3  cards
AOS2 - Complete Defences to Murder
Self defence,
Steps for self defence,
Duress
4  cards
AOS2 - Statistics and Impacts of Murder
Number of offenders sentenced for...,
Number of recorded murder offence...,
Number of recorded murder offence...
8  cards
AOS2 - Culpable Driving Causing Death and its Elements
Elements of culpable driving caus...,
Motor vehicle,
Driving
4  cards
AOS2 - Defences to Culpable Driving Causing Death
Two ways to defend cdcd,
Duress,
Sudden or extraordinary emergency
4  cards
AOS2 - Culpable Driving Causing Death - Causation
Culpable driving caused the death...,
2  cards
AOS2 - Statistics and Impacts of Culpable Driving Causing Death
Sex of offenders regarding culpab...,
Age of offenders regarding cdcd,
Victorian instances of driving ca...
5  cards
AOS2 - Powers and Rights During Arrest and Questioning
Non exhaustive list of the source...,
Arrest powers warrant,
Arrest powers without warrant
6  cards
AOS2 - Powers and Rights During Court Proceedings and Imprisonment
Court proceedings powers prosecutors,
Court proceedings powers courts,
Court proceedings rights
5  cards
AOS2 - Role of Courts and Their Jurisdiction
The role of courts in criminal ca...,
The role of courts in criminal ca...,
Committal procedings
13  cards
AOS2 - Criminal Juries
When are criminal juries used,
When are criminal juries not used,
Jury composition
7  cards
AOS2 - Indigenous Australians
History of fnp in australia,
Overrepresentation of fnp in inca...,
Overrepresentation of fnp in inca...
4  cards
AOS2 - Purposes of Sanctions
Overview,
The five purposes,
Pubnishemtn
8  cards
AOS2 - CALD and Young People
Culturally and linguistically div...,
Cald issues limited awareness fam...,
Cald issues language differences
7  cards
AOS2 - Sanctions
Fines non custodial,
Community correction orders ccos ...,
M
10  cards
AOS2 - Factors for sentencing
Aggravating factors,
Mitigating factors,
Guilty pleas
6  cards

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