Foundations of Law
This doctrine ensures that judges must follow the legal reasoning in past cases with similar facts.
What is the doctrine of precedent?
Queensland’s lowest criminal court, which hears summary offences.
What is the Magistrates Court?
This planet in our solar system is known for having the most moons, with over 90 confirmed.
What is Jupiter?
This Commonwealth Act is the main legislation governing marriage, divorce, and parenting arrangements in Australia.
What is the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)?
This scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This Constitution-established institution is Australia’s highest court of appeal.
What is the High Court of Australia?
What is the Queensland policy on Youth Crime?
Adult crime adult time
This country is the world’s largest producer of coffee.
What is Brazil?
This ground is the only legal basis for divorce in Australia.
What is irretrievable breakdown of marriage proven by 12 months’ separation?
This civil rights leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
These two levels of law-making bodies enact legislation in Australia’s federal system.
What are the Commonwealth Parliament and state/territory parliaments?
Queensland’s lowest criminal court, which hears summary offences.
What is the Magistrates Court?
This continent is the only one without reptiles or snakes.
What is Antarctica?
This principle is the most important consideration when making parenting orders.
What is the best interests of the child?
This South African leader became the country’s first Black president in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
What is Section 51(xxix)?
The section of the Australian Constitution that gives the Commonwealth power over external affairs.
The prosecution must prove this standard of proof in criminal trials.
What is “beyond reasonable doubt”?
This chemical element has the symbol “Au.”
What is gold?
This type of surrogacy is legal in Queensland, as long as no payment is made beyond reimbursement of expenses.
What is altruistic surrogacy?
This artist painted The Starry Night.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This principle divides government power into the legislative, executive and judicial branches.
What is the separation of powers?
This category of offence includes murder, manslaughter and grievous bodily harm.
What are indictable offences?
This is the capital city of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
This Queensland Act governs surrogacy arrangements, parentage orders, and penalties for commercial surrogacy.
What is the Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld)?
This American pop star is known as the “Queen of Pop,” with hits like Like a Virgin and Vogue.
Who is Madonna?