Legal System
Law made by parliament
What is statute law?
Changing social values, new technology and changing ideas of justice.
What are conditions that give rise to law reform?
An entitlement that people have by legal or moral authority, dictating how they should be treated.
What is a right?
A conceptual barrier to women's advancement in the workplace. They can see where they want to be (i.e. a promotion) but cannot break through.
What is the 'Glass Ceiling'?
One of the cases that prompted reform, surrounding the death of Thomas Kelly.
What is R v Loveridge, 2012?
What is common law?
An independent statutory body established in 1975 to review areas of law reform and advise governments on how law can meet current needs.
What is the Australian Law Reform Commission?
The process by which international law is enacted in domestic legislation.
What is ratification?
Gave non-ATSI women in Australia the right to vote in Federal elections.
What is the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902
A similar incident that occurred soon after R v Loveridge.
What is R v McNeil, 2015?
The idea that no person is above the law.
What is the rule of law?
An agent of law reform that acts by raising public awareness and putting pressure on law makers.
What is the media?
What is Alternative Dispute Resolution?
This Act recognised women's right to enter professional careers such as law.
What is the Women’s Legal Status Act 1918 (NSW)
Known colloquially as 'Lockout Laws', implemented a 1:30am lockout and last drinks at 3am.
What is the Liquor Amendment Act 2014 (NSW)?
The idea that there must be fairness in the processes that resolve disputes. People have the right to be heard and the right to an impartial decision maker.
The process of altering an existing piece of legislation.
What is an amendment?
A method of challenging the state whereby government departments can review their own decisions, procedures or behaviour.
What is internal review?
What is the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women?
Amendment to the Crimes Act that implemented mandatory sentencing for one-punch assaults, especially when under the influence of alcohol.
What is the Assault and Intoxication Act (NSW) 2014?
The court in NSW that hears more serious criminal cases and civil cases for less than $750,000.
What is the NSW District Court?
The legal concept of allowing access rights to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with a connection to an area of land.
What is Native Title?
A process whereby a court with the relevant jurisdiction can review a decision made by a government department on the basis of whether the decision was lawfully made.
This amendment gave police the power to apply for ADVOs on behalf of the person in need of protection.
Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW)
A legal measure, such as mandatory sentencing, that can theoretically result in reduced offending.
What is a deterrent?