Key Terms
This principle ensures that no one is above the law.
What is the rule of law?
In 1992, this High Court case overturned terra nullius.
What is Mabo v Queensland (No 2)?
Changing social values, new technology, and new concepts of justice are examples of these.
What are conditions that give rise to law reform?
Mediation, conciliation, and arbitration are all forms of this.
What is alternative dispute resolution (ADR)?
This NSW body investigates corruption in the public sector.
What is Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)?
These three features — equality, fairness, and access — are characteristics of this type of law.
What is a just law?
In 2020, media coverage of this family’s murder in Queensland sparked national debate about coercive control.
Who are Hannah Clarke and her children?
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is an example of this; Parliament is an example of that.
What is an agency of reform and a mechanism of reform?
Search and seizure, arrest, and questioning are key powers granted to this body under LEPRA.
What is the NSW Police?
This abbreviation stands for Australia’s national human rights body.
What is AHRC — the Australian Human Rights Commission?
One type of law is made by parliament; the other by judges through precedent.
What is the difference between statute law and common law?
This Northern Territory detention centre was exposed by Four Corners for mistreating young offenders in 2016.
What is Don Dale Youth Detention Centre?
This 2022 NSW law created a new criminal offence for coercive control.
What is the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Act 2022 (NSW)?
This independent officer investigates complaints about government agencies.
Who is the Ombudsman?
This form of domestic abuse involves patterns of controlling, psychological, or financial behaviour.
What is coercive control?
This type of law is made by non-parliamentary authorities such as councils.
What is delegated legislation?
The tragic death of Hannah Clarke and her children led to this type of law reform.
What is the criminalisation of coercive control?
This landmark case led to the passage of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).
What is Mabo v Queensland (No 2)?
One of these involves a facilitated discussion with no binding outcome; the other produces a legally binding decision.
What is the difference between mediation and arbitration?
Jury duty, voting, and paying taxes are examples of these.
What are legal responsibilities?
This doctrine separates the legislature, executive, and judiciary to protect justice.
What is the separation of powers?
Media and NGOs are examples of these types of responses, which raise awareness but lack enforcement powers.
What are non-legal responses?
This is an area where law reform often struggles to keep up, especially with issues like AI and bioethics.
What is technology?
This tribunal resolves tenancy and consumer disputes cheaply and quickly, but does not set legal precedent.
What is NCAT?
Australia does not have one of these formal legal documents, unlike many other countries such as the USA.
What is a Bill of Rights?