Legal studies Flashcards
(26 cards)
Whats a law
A system of rules which a specifc community uses to regulate behaviours and actions of it’s members
Rules
Made by: Individuals or groups
Aren’t enforced by courts or officially
Only apply to certain people
Laws
Made by: Federal, state and local gov, and courts
Enforced by courts or police
Apply to everyone
Need for laws
Control social behaviours
Protect society
Protect rights
Reflect community values
Initiate changes
settle disputes
Effective laws
Known
Enforced
stable
changeable
Accepted
Parliament laws
Legislation/act
local, federal and state levels
Judges
Common laws
Make laws, where there are gaps
- Changed to fit situations better
Interpret legislation
Federal parliament
Laws for nation (trade, immigration, defence)
Overrides state, and local
State parliament
Laws for state (crime, education, hospitals, Public transport)
Local council
laws for region (waste management, parking)
How are laws made
Lower house
Upper house
Cabinet
Governor general for royal assent
- Can start at any level but follows this structure
Democracy
System of government where the people are represented through elected persons
Constitutional monarchy
a system in which the monarch exercises their authority, as the head of state
Federation of states
system of government in which power is distributed between national government
Representative democracy
Representatives are elected into government on behalf of the poeple
Seperation of power
Republicanism
Support for government, without a monarch in charge
Political party
Collective entities that share the same values
Labour party
Social democracy and liberalism
- Individual rights
- Work towards socialism
Liberal party
Liberal conservation and economic liberalism
Greens party
Green politics and progression
Anarchy
Absence of laws
Bicameral
Two chambers/houses of parliament
- Australia has bicameral parliament, in all states except Queensland
The Upper house
commonly referred to as the house of review, and officially as the senate.
