Crimminal procedure

[Aye Bay Bay]

To what extent does the trial process used to hear an indictable offence in the county or supreme court contribute to the effective operation of of the legal system?

[hard]

in this sort of q you should outline that county and supreme hear indictable offenses so would require a jury. Then talk about how pre-trial procedures would mean effective methods of dispute resolution which is a factor contributing to an effective legal system due to parties understanding their weaknesses and strengths, also possible guilty pleas as a result.
Also as a result of using the jury, it upholds the notion that rights and liberties of individuals are upheld because a jury is supposed to be a cross-representational judgment of an accused etc etc.
then expand and bring more points up.

[xox.happy1.xox]

There are 4 main procedures which contribute to the effective operation of the legal system. The first one refers to the entitlement to a fair and unbiased trial, the next one refers to the timely resolution of disputes, the next one refers to the access to mechanisms in the legal system and the last one refers to the recognition of prevailing values and basic human rights. I think you should learn 2 or more for the exam, but they all contribute to the effectiveness of the legal system in different ways.

In a fair and unbiased hearing, you can argue about the judge being fair and impartial, and how each party is represented equally with the need for legal representation. In the timely resolution of disputes, you could discuss the fact that no breaks are taken in order to ensure that trials are not lengthy, and pre-trial procedures which are employed by the parties, may not even need the added burden of taking their trial to court, and hence, can get their dispute resolved much quicker.

The rest, I'm sure you can figure out!

[hard]

i'm pretty sure you need to know all of them, although depending on the marks allocated you probably won't discuss all.

[costargh]

For questions regarding FART, you should know all of FART and not just be able to discuss 1 or 2 of them. This is because, depending on the question, the ones you prefer to discuss may not be relevant plus sometimes in exams (not just legal) they can say, Other than a Fair and unbiased hearing....

In other words, know them all, be confident in them all, and know how to apply them to differnt questions/stimulus material.

[dusty_girl1144]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA others know FART to ^.^

btw. yeah ofcourse u would need to know all....

mrs bennett (my teacher who is running the legal lecture at monash uni) recommends knowing all of this and working on ur structure of how u present the question.

the max marks in the exam allocated is now 10. if my memory serves me right. now more then 10 marks are allocated to one question. and the 10 mark is usually the end now. regauding a question from either UNIT 3 Or UNIT 4. [which i assume u guys know is the one where u pick which quesiton to do]

[hard]

how do you know the maximum is 10? there's usually been 12 markers in previous exams.

[dusty_girl1144]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA others know FART to ^.^

btw. yeah ofcourse u would need to know all....

mrs bennett (my teacher who is running the legal lecture at monash uni) recommends knowing all of this and working on ur structure of how u present the question.

the max marks in the exam allocated is now 10. if my memory serves me right. now more then 10 marks are allocated to one question. and the 10 mark is usually the end now. regauding a question from either UNIT 3 Or UNIT 4. [which i assume u guys know is the one where u pick which quesiton to do]

im saying if my memory serves me correct about what she said....
what would be the 12 mark queston? whats the need... when ur 10 mark is the *chossen* question..

[costargh]

You are correct.
10 mark question- last question
you choose to do part a or b
usually one questions reflects unit 3 coursework and the other, unit 4.

Guys, just don't become complacent with smaller mark questions. Don't go overtime (self-imposed timelimit) starting the last question and working backwards and then end up rushing the smaller mark questions, not giving sufficient detail, not reading the question correctly/fully in your rushness.
Just remember that it is easier to get full marks on smaller mark questions than it is for a 10 mark or 8 mark questions because there is more information required to obtain those marks, thus you may write a long answer for last question thinking you will get full marks and you might only get 7 marks depending on the QUALITY of your answer, not just the quantity, and in this process you may sacrifice the time on easier questions which you end up losing marks on.

I only suggest this approach for people who are known to finish with time to spare, because if you are less likely to rush through the smalller mark questions. Also a tip which you may or may not know. If you get to the 10 mark question with 5 minutes left, DO DOT POINTS!!!
You can't do this for all questions, but just if you are running out of time you can get assessed on your dot points.
I knwo a girl who did dot points for the last 3 questions and got 42 in legal.

[costargh]

how do you know the maximum is 10? there's usually been 12 markers in previous exams.

There are rarely 12 mark questions... maybe if you back to 2002 or something but usually it is 10 marks.

[dusty_girl1144]

to be honest. im nearly 100% sure.... there is never gonna be a >10 mark questionapparently there was like a really HIGH markd question which was like 13 or something. or 14 i dunno, and yeah if u look to last year. i believe there isant more then 10 but it was HEAVILY weighted on extended response. and u hard to know that burglary was a indictable triable summarily type.

[hard]

oh yer. I guess my approach would be to do the very last question, bring in a timer with me so i don't exceed the 2 minutes per mark so 20 minutes if 10 marker. Than if i had more to write i'd leave it to the end, go back to the start write everything and if i have extra time finished the last q off.

[xox.happy1.xox]

I would bring in a digital watch or something I would know the time, and also monitor how I am doing in accordance to that whole '2 minutes per mark' statement.

[costargh]

Be careful, some people get their digital watches taken off them, depends I guess what type

[xox.happy1.xox]

Aww... I could never really read analog properly