Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Law in Action
- Contact with Criminal Law
elements that must be
proven and Civil Law and
Negligence
- Age Requirements
- Full Time Job =15
- Drink = 18
- Rent a Flat = NL
- Leave Home = 16
- Buy Cigarettes = 18
- Leave School = 17
- Criminal Law
- Young People and The Law
- Elements of a Crime
- Actus Reus
- Mens Rea
- Civil Law
- Contract Law
- Law of Torts
- Negligence - Where a
person fails to take
responsible care and
therefore injures another
person
- Defamation - Where
a person injures
another person's
reputation
- Nuisance - Where a
person causes
unreasonable
interference with another
person's right to quiet
enjoyment of their
property
- Trespass - Where a
person interferes with
another person or their
property rights
- Punishment for a
crime and Legal
Rights and
Responsibility
- Punishment for a
Crime
- Factors Considered
before Determining
the Punishment Given
- Judge/ Magistrate must consider
factors: Guilty Plea, Circumstances
of a Crime, Prior Convictions,
Level of Hardship it will cause
- Penalties in Aus
- Penalties Now - Fines,
Community Service, Weekend
Detention, Good Behaviour
Bonds, Home Detention and
Imprisonment
- Past Penalties - Whipping,
Exile, Deportation, Torture &
Capital Punishment
(Hanging, Electrocution, Gas
Chamber, Guillotine and
Shooting
- Rights and
Responsibilities
- Rights of the Victim
- The right to have the police
investigate any allegations the
victim makes
- The right to protection
from the accused
person
- The right to be made
aware of the progress of
the case
- The right to make a victim impact
statement (The victim/family has the right
to make a statement to court before the
judge/ magistrate passes sentence)
- Rights of the Accused
- The right to remain
silent
- The right to not be
detained unless they have
been formally arrested
- The right to not
have their past
convictions
mentioned during
their trail
- The right to have their interviews with
police recorded
- Rights of Witness
- The right to give their
evidence free from fear or
revenge
- The right to protection should
giving evidence place them or their
family in danger
- Parties in Civil Case
- To present
evidence that is
accurate and true
- The right to
cross-examine the
witnesses called by the
other side.
- Protection
provided by the
law and
Resolving
Disputes
- Current Issues
- Excursion Info
From Courts
- Video and Class Notes
and Chapter 12 Review
- Definitions
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