PRELIMINARY LEGAL STUDIES: Syllabus Notes

What is a value??

What are rules?

What are customs?

What are ethics?

What are characteristics of 'just laws'?

What are the characteristics of the 'Nature of Justice'?

What is 'Procedural Fairness'?

What are the 2 main principles of natural justice?

What is 'Access'?

What is the rule of law?

What do police do with the law?

What do judges and legislators do with the law?

What do lawyers do with the law?

What is anarchy?

What is tyranny?

What is the origin of common law?

What are the 4 main courts in Australia?

What is parliament?

What is the role of parliament?

Apart from QLD and the territories, all state parliaments and the federal parliament are _________
What does this mean?

What is the role of the legislative process in statute law?

Who introduces laws?

What is a proposed new law called?

Before a bill passes and becomes federal law it must get approval from?

What is delegated legislation?

Who drafts, considers and passes delegated legislation?

What is the division of powers?

What is the separation of powers? What are the roles of each?

How many chapters in the constitution?

What is Section 71 of the Constitution?

What is Section 72 of the Constitution?

What is domestic law?

What is international law?

What does international law do?

What are the 5 main sources of international law?

What is state sovereignty?

What is a declaration?

What is a treaty?

What are the two types of treaties and what is the difference?

What are legal writings?

What is the chief organisation involved in international law?

What are the main organs of the UN?

Which main organ of the UN is more important? Why?

What is the primary judicial body of the UN?

What are intergovernmental organisations?

What are non-government organisations?

What is public law?

What are the 3 main areas of public law?

What is criminal law?

What is administrative law?

What is constitutional law?

What is private law?

Who is private law usually between?

What are the 3 major areas of private law?

What is a contract?

What is contract law?

What are torts?

What is tort law?

What is property law?

What system of trial decides legal outcomes in Australia?

What are the two types of criminal hearings?

What is a summary offence? Who hears these cases?

What is an indictable offence? Who hears these cases?

What is a civil law system?

What is a common law system?

What is law reform?

What are the 3 main conditions that give rise to law reform?

What are the 5 agencies involved in law reform?

What is precedent?

What are the 4 mechanisms of law reform?

How are courts a mechanism of law reform?

How do we change the law?

What is the balance of power?

How does law reform take place through the UN?

How do Intergovernmental Organisations contribute to international law reform?

What are rights?

What are responsibilities?

What rights are humans entitled to?

What are legal rights?

In our Constitution, what are expressed rights?

In our Constitution, what are implied rights?

What is another term for LEGAL responsibilities

What is the idea of 'duty of care'?

What is meant by the term 'negligence'?

What is the interrelationship between rights and responsibilities?

What are law enforcement agencies? List an example

What is the role of police?

What is the role of the federal police?

What is an ADR?

List 3 ADRs and their roles

What are non-legal methods of resolving disputes between states?

What are legal methods of resolving disputes between states?

What is the issue for 'Law in Practice'

What was Jock Palfreeman convicted for?

Who did Jock allegedly murder?

Who did Jock allegedly wound

Where did the incident with Jock Palfreeman occur?

What was Jock sentenced?

Which criteria are you going to incorporate into your essay?

What are non-legal responses to the Jock Palfreeman case?

What are legal responses to Jock Palfreeman's case?

When did Jock's trial begin?