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Basic Legal Concepts
Sources of Aus Law
Classification of Law
Law Reform
Resolving Disputes
100
A set of rules that can be enforced and is officially recognised
What is law
100
The process by which courts use decisions made in earlier cases to help decide the outcome of the case presently under consideration
What is the doctrine of precedent
100
criminal, administrative and constitutional law are all types of ....
What is public law
100
'land belonging to no one'
What is the doctrine of terra nullius
100
Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration are forms.
What is alternative dispute resolution
200
Everyone is equal before the law and no one is above the law
What is the rule of law
200
The system of trial that Australia follows
What is the adversarial system of trial
200
the standard of proof in civil cases
What is the balance of probabilities
200
High Court case that introduced the legal doctrine of native title into Australian law.
What is Mabo
200

Media, Local Members of Parliament, NGOs

What are Non-Legal Methods of resolving disputes?

300
A type of behaviour that has emerged over time and is followed by a group by mutual consent
What is customs
300
How statute law is created
What is passing a Bill
300
the onus is on the ........... to prove a criminal case
What is the prosecutor
300

Demand Reduction, Supply Reduction, Harm Reduction 

What are the three pillars of the National Drug Strategy?

300
Try to see that law and order in a community is maintained by preventing unlawful acts, investigating crimes and arresting officers.
What is the police
400
The three components of the nature of justice
What is equality, fairness, access
400
power is distributed between the three arms of government, that is between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary
What is the separation of powers
400
Fisher v Shepherd is an example of this type of case.
What is a civil case
400
Piece of federal legislation enacted to protect parties involved in and affected by native title claims.
What is Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
400
Group of people in various industries that form to protect their rights and conditions of employment
What is trade unions
500
A famous case regarding the duty of care
What is Donoghue v Stevenson
500
The authority of the state to make decisions about the nation
What is state sovereignty
500

Compensation, damages and injunctions

What are some court orders for Private Law?

500

Pastoral leases and Native Title can co-exist 

What is the Wik Case?

500
Investigates complaints made by citizens against government bodies and can make recommendations.
What is the Ombudsman