VCE Legal Studies Question Thread

[drmockingbird]

Haha, nice

According to one line of argument, absolutely yes - but not according to any of the logic by which the persuasive statement is usually made!

According to an arguably more accepted line of legal argument, however, the doctrine of precedent is established through convention and precedent itself only: there's no legislation laying out the rules. Therefore, as soon as something is accepted as part of the rules by an authoritative body, it IS a rule.

Oh I see, I'm not familiar with 'legal argument'. Never argue with a lawyer...

Once again, thanks Megan. Been a great help

I'm actually so excited for this exam. haha

[meganrobyn]

Oh I see, I'm not familiar with 'legal argument'. Never argue with a lawyer...

Once again, thanks Megan. Been a great help

I'm actually so excited for this exam. haha

God, I feel like I get so autopilot cut-throat when a nitpicky argument comes up!! Sorry...!!

Yeah, you should be! Exams are actually wonderful if you know your stuff - they're just this opportunity to see what you can do and explain something you're interested in and know a lot about. I'm glad you're excited I hope you do well.

[drmockingbird]

God, I feel like I get so autopilot cut-throat when a nitpicky argument comes up!! Sorry...!!

Yeah, you should be! Exams are actually wonderful if you know your stuff - they're just this opportunity to see what you can do and explain something you're interested in and know a lot about. I'm glad you're excited I hope you do well.

Tell me about it. The only reason I did Philosophy this year is because I loved logical fallacies. And picking out peoples arguments. Ok, getting off topic.

With issues and difficulties faced by people in the legal system, when you use 'high cost', can you cross refer to all the other areas of studies where "expensive" was a weakness of the features we studied (e.g adversary system's lengthy procedure, juries making trials expensive, etc.)

and btw, what kind of SAC marks should you be getting to get 45+?

[meganrobyn]

With issues and difficulties faced by people in the legal system, when you use 'high cost', can you cross refer to all the other areas of studies where "expensive" was a weakness of the features we studied (e.g adversary system's lengthy procedure, juries making trials expensive, etc.)

and btw, what kind of SAC marks should you be getting to get 45+?

Yeah - why not?

Irrelevant. Impossible to tell. You'd need to know exactly how hard your teacher marked, quality of cohort, ranking, final exam performance etc etc etc. Just do your best.

[DoctorWho]

Can someone go through which type of questions would involve examples of cases or recent changes in law?

[drmockingbird]

Yeah - why not?

Irrelevant. Impossible to tell. You'd need to know exactly how hard your teacher marked, quality of cohort, ranking, final exam performance etc etc etc. Just do your best.

Cheers. Will do, Will do.

[joy1010]

when using examples to explain the influences on legislative change (petitions, demonstrations and media) do we need to fully explain the example, so can we just state something like "an example of this would be......"

[Flor]

when using examples to explain the influences on legislative change (petitions, demonstrations and media) do we need to fully explain the example, so can we just state something like "an example of this would be......"

Don't give an entire synopsis, just use the section of the example that relates. Get me?

[jeanweasley]

Hey all, how would one answer 'Compare and contrast the purposes of the civil pre trial procedures with the purposes of the criminal pre trial procedures'. I believe this was in the CPAP and Wood 2013 trial exams.

[Flor]

Does specific powers relate only to commonwealth ability to make laws? Could someone just clarify it.

[vashappenin]

When asked to discuss/explain a civil/criminal pre-trial procedure to use in a case (or something along those lines), do we discuss the broad topic, eg. pleadings, discoveries, or discuss specific examples of them, such as writs, interrogatories, etc.? My teacher said ALWAYS discuss specific types and mention that they are a type of pleading, etc. but I just wanted to confirm because I instinctively think of discussing the broader topic of pleadings, etc. How do we go about these questions?

Maybe someone can help me by telling me how you'd answer this: Explain the civil pre-trial procedures that would occur before this case goes to trial (6 marks)

Can someone please answer this?

[DoctorWho]

Hello all. Are we required to remember cases involving express rights?

[drmockingbird]

Can someone please answer this?

I would think 3 marks (2 for explanation, 1 for purpose) for discussion of pleadings, then another 3 for a discussion of directions hearings.

Does anyone have any other ideas? This would be a tough question

[hannah2013]

I would think 3 marks (2 for explanation, 1 for purpose) for discussion of pleadings, then another 3 for a discussion of directions hearings.

Does anyone have any other ideas? This would be a tough question

i would probably write 2 marks for the three (pleadings discovery and directions hearings). Like a sentence on what it is and then a brief description of why (the purpose)

[Flor]

Can someone please answer this?

I'd explain all three (pleadings, discoveries and direction hearings). With pleadings, I'd mention all stages but I won't explain them in great depth. I'd also make sure to intertwine the purpose (although the question doesn't ask for it) when explaining. This is just a straight content question imo, the amount of discussion here is crucial.