LEGAL STUDIES
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- Magistrate
- determines cases which will read a verdict in inferior courts.
- Queens Council
- a sebior Barrister in Victoria.
- Barrister
- a lawyer who has been called to the bar.
- Prosecution
- the Government attorny, charging and trying a care against a person accused of a crime.
- Subpoena
- a write used by a court of justica requiring a person to appear before the court at a specific time.
- Writ
- an order of a judge requiring a specific action by the person who the writ is directed.
- Mandatory Sentencing
- minimal length of imprisonment for a specfifc crime.
- Jury
- a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to evidence presented in a court of law.
- Aquitta
- judgement by a jury that a defendant is not guilty of a crime.
- Accomplice
- person associated with one or more persons in commiting an offence
- Judge
- appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in the hnigher courts.
- High Court
- highest court in Australia. Exercises both original and appeclate juristicion.
- Original Juristiction
- cases which originate in the High Court.
- Appelate Jusistiction
- appeals made to the high court from other courts.
- Defendant
- the person or party being sued or charged.
- Plantiff
- the party who initiates a lawsuit before the court.
- Bill
- a proposed piece of legislation which is debated in Parliment.
- Standard Proof
- the level of proof required to win a case, beyong all resonable doubt.
- Indictable Offence
- a serious criminal offence heard and decided by a judge.
- Royal Assent
- after the Bill is passed through both houses, it's sent to the Govenor General for their assent.
- Injunction
- a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing a certain activity.
- Burden Of Proof
- the side which must prove the case.
- Statute Law
- laws which are passed by Parliment.
- Bicameral Parliment
- a parliment consisting of 2 houses, upper and lower.
- Director Of Public Prosectuions (DPP)
- an independant office of police and government, bringing pooceedong against an accused.
- Summary Offences
- an offecne heard and decided upon in a local court by a magistrate with not jury.
- Habeus Corpus
- brings the body before court. People can nto be jailed indefiently and must appear in court to hear charges agianst them.
- Subjudice
- in the course of a trial, a matter under judicail consideration.
- Prima Facie
- a situation where the evidence suggests that a jury could convict the deffendant.
- Legal Studies
- the study of law & legal institutions and how they affect different members of society.
- Anarchy
- a temporary state without customs, rules or laws.
- Customs
- traditional ways of behaving that are accepted and expected in society.
- Rules
- tells us what is allowed and prohibited through signs and rule books.
- Laws
- rules made by a soverign power applying to everyone in the area they control, enforced by police and courts.
- Equality
- all people are entilted to the same rights and oppourtunites.
- Fairness
- achieving equal outcomes for people
- Justice
- everyone having acces to courst, law being enforced, having oppourtunity to appeal to a decision and whether anyone has been discriminated agiants by a law.
- Common Law
- judge made and devised in courts.
- Local Law
- laws accorging to local government affecting a certain area.
- International Law
- the boyd of law that governs the relationship between nations.
- Criminal Law
- an act of wrong against the community.
- Civil Law
- regulates relationshops between citizens. Main roles ensure rights of individuals are maintained.
- UN orginated?
- In Sanfranciso, 25th April 1945.
- UN set of rules?
- United Nations Charter.
- What is the UN?
- The UN was established as an organisation to facilitate co-opertaions in international law, security, economic development and human rights.
- 3 non-members of the Un?
- Taiwan Kosova and Vatican City.