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Chapter 5
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Politics and Law Mind Map on Chapter 5, created by lucygs on 03/05/2013.
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Chapter 5
Statute Law
Laws that pass through parliament
Common Law
Laws Developed over time by judges of the court
Social Values
Definition: collections of attitudes, philosophies and ideas that shape behaviour of individuals
Respect for the law
1. Respect for life (most important)
2. Equality
UN declaration of human rights (1948) - everyone's rights and freedoms without discinction of sex
3. Freedom and Tollerance
"I utterly agree with everything you say but shall defend to my death your right to say it"
4.Protection of the weak
economic deprivation and ensured standard of living
5. Law and competing Values
Make laws that represent entire nation even when basic social values differ
Types of Law
Public
Able to conduct whole society
Eg. Constitutional Law, industrial relations law, criminal law
Civil
Regulate contact of individuals with other individuals
Important as direct impact on lives of citizens
Eg. Contract
Torts
Wrongs in Latin
Regulates disputes between individuals
Covers things like trespassing & liability & defamation
Actions which ignores whether intentional or not
Rule of Law
Nobody stands above the law
Prevents arbitrary exercise of power by one individual
Fundemental building block of democracy
Australia = Representative Democracy
Rules vs Laws
RULE: Not printed in black and white
LAW: Formal, defined rules consciously determined by society
Represent the values of a community
Provide structure for alteration of laws in accordance to the wishes of society
Regulate and control and provide statement of acceptable behaviours
Provide a formal way of resolving disputes
TEST: Can it be enforceable in the court
Effective Law
Respected and acknowledged by the community
Applies universally without discrimination
Degree of flexibility
Clear understandable wording
Can be enforced easily (straight forward)
Provides sanctions for those who break it
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