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YEAR 11 LEGAL STUDIES

Half Yearly Examination Advice

CONTENT

PART I - THE LEGAL SYSTEM

1. Basic legal notions

2. Sources of law:
2.1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law
2.2 Contemporary Australian law

3. The constitutional system in Australia

4. The operation of the legal system

PART II - THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE STATE

5. Power and authority

6. Legal controls on State power

7. Duties

8. Rights

PART III - THE LAW IN FOCUS

Application of Part III as the dynamic context
for the study of Parts 1 and II in the following common areas:

• Status under the law
• Mechanisms for achieving justice
• Responsiveness of the legal system to TWO focus groups chosen from

1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
2. People who have a mental illness or intellectual or physical disability
3. Migrants
4. People who are socioeconomically disadvantaged
5. Women
6. Members of other groups covered by human rights legislation,
including anti-discrimination legislation

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