Introducing Law & Justice
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- This study guide was based on subject LAWS1052 - Foundations of Law which was discontinued in 2013. The subject has been renamed to LAWS1052 - Introducing Law & Justice. It is likely that some changes have been made to the course that we have not yet been able to process into our study guide, resulting in missing information or a different structure. Please bear with us while we effect the changes and sort everything out, because it will take some time. The study guide below should still be able to cover the vast majority of the course, although it might be harder to find the information because names of 'topics' may have changed - the relevant information should still be inside the articles though.
- Overview of the Australian legal system
- Courts in action
- Common law courts: history and method:
- Legal problem solving
- Statutory interpretation
- Conflicts between king, parliament and the common Law:
- The impact of settlement on the indigenous inhabitants
- The settlement of NSW and the reception of English law
- The development of parliamentary democracy and the federation
- Precedent and change
- Judicial decision making and classification in Australian law