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Y10 Legal studies

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Decks in this class (18)

Lesson 1: Laws and their purposes
Chaos results from 1,
The social contract 2,
Control 3
9  cards
L2: Characteristics of effective law
Acronym for characteristics of an...,
5 characteristics of effective law 1,
L reflect society s values 2
13  cards
L3: Reasons laws need to change
Law reform 1,
2 technological change 2,
3 reasons for law reform 2
5  cards
L4:Federation, The Constitution and separation of powers
Federation 1,
Legislation 2,
Separation of powers 2
11  cards
L5:The division of law making powers
Separation of powers 1,
Division of law making powers 2,
Exclusive powers 3
16  cards
L6:The commonwealth parliament
Bicameral 1,
Government 2,
Political party 3
8  cards
L7: Victorian parliament
Structure of victorian parliament 1,
Legislative assembly 2,
Premier 3
8  cards
L9:Political parties, elections and referenda
Political parties 1,
Independents 2,
Labor party 3
7  cards
L10:composition of parliament→ making laws
Rubber stamp effect 1,
Opposition 2,
Minor parties 3
8  cards
L11:methods of influencing law reform
Methods individuals can use for l...,
Petition 2,
Strengths of petitions 3
7  cards
L12:methods of influencing law reform (pt2)
2 ways of using the courts for la...,
Common law 2,
Ultra vires 3
5  cards
L13:Supremacy of parliament
Statutory law statute 1,
Common law 2,
3 key interactions between parlia...
7  cards
L18:The High Court as a check on the parliament
High court 1,
3 roles of the high court 2,
Express rights definition 3
6  cards
L19:Key personelle in the court
Responsiblities of initiating par...,
Responsiblities of responding par...,
Judge 3
7  cards
L20: evaluating the jury
Strengths of juries 1,
Weaknesses of juries 2
2  cards
L21: Common Law and Precedent
Precedent 1,
Stare decisis 2,
Ratio decidendi 3
6  cards
L22:Common law-applying precedent
Donoghue vs stevenson 1,
Donoghue vs stevenson 2,
Donoghue vs stevenson 3
7  cards
L23: Why statute needs to be interpreted
Statute law 1,
Common law 2,
Statutory interpretation 3
13  cards

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