HSC Legal Studies Question Thread

[fantasticbeasts3]

Not sure if this has already been asked...but do we have to know which sections of Acts are relevant? and how much detail should we know about each Case/Legislation etc.?

Thanks!! 

you don't need to know the sections, unless you want to remember them for extra detail. for your LCMs just mention them as relevant and provide enough information to support the point you're making.

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey Guys,
For trials my teacher is really stressing the we know all of the themes and challenges for consumer law. Would someone be able to give me a list of these, and any cases/media/etc. that would be helpful to know (I have some, but if you guys have others it would be great )
Thanks so much

Hey Katie! I can't help with cases and stuff, but from the syllabus the themes and challenges you need are:

•        the role of the law in encouraging cooperation and resolving conflict in regard to
consumers
•    issues of compliance and non-compliance
•    laws relating to consumers as a reflection of changing values and ethical standards
•    the role of law reform in recognising the rights of consumers
•    the effectiveness of legal and non-legal responses in achieving justice for consumers.

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey guys!

I was just wondering for family law - what kind of topics/questions would it be appropriate to talk about the autonomy of children?
Also, how would you advise structuring an essay on a general family law question for 'relationship breakdowns' (there's too much content!!)
Thanks

Hey Rachel! You'd discuss the autonomy of children in questions relating to the care and protection of children, and perhaps the changing nature of parental responsibility as well?

General Family Law essays can be structured a heap of ways. Case by case, effective vs ineffective, response by response - There is definitely no right or wrong and you can pick what seems best for you! Ditto for relationship breakdowns, though personally for those I planned to do one paragraph on divorce/separation, one paragraph on children involved in relationship breakdowns, one paragraph on domestic violence

[chelseam]

Hi! Just wondering if anyone would have any ideas on how state sovereignty assists in resolving world order issues? Thank you

[lucyjayne]

Hey,

I was just wondering if anyone knows what the legislation the adversary system is implemented under? Is it just the common law system that it has been derived from or is there a specific law? I have an essay on the criminal trial process in my Trial and I'm just wondering how I could implement legislation in talking about the Adversary process as a means of achieving justice.

Thank you

[fantasticbeasts3]

Hey,

I was just wondering if anyone knows what the legislation the adversary system is implemented under? Is it just the common law system that it has been derived from or is there a specific law? I have an essay on the criminal trial process in my Trial and I'm just wondering how I could implement legislation in talking about the Adversary process as a means of achieving justice.

Thank you

i honestly have no clue (i don't think there's legislation for it judging by a quick google) but in an essay about the criminal process there's a looooot of stuff to talk about so just mention the adversarial system of trial itself, you won't be penalised for not including background on it :-)

[elysepopplewell]

Hey,

I was just wondering if anyone knows what the legislation the adversary system is implemented under? Is it just the common law system that it has been derived from or is there a specific law? I have an essay on the criminal trial process in my Trial and I'm just wondering how I could implement legislation in talking about the Adversary process as a means of achieving justice.

Thank you

Hey lucyjayne, I had to think about this one. The adversary system is inherited through common law, and I believe the best way to credit this to an authority in writing in Australia is probably by looking at the Constitution which distributes power to the judicial arm in Chapter III. This seems to be the best link to look at for more. I suppose you could also link to our (Australian's) right to a fair trial - perceiving the fair trial to be adversarial seeing as legal representation is integral to both a fair trial and the adversary system. Happy for someone else to come along and suggest a better way to approach this, but this is how I'd do it

[gkim1]

Hiya!
Can anyone give me some good tips on how to remember legislation, cases and media - cause lol my legal trial is next week and I'm struggling so hard to remember cases.

And maybe some cases relating to the 6 themes and challenges ? My teacher was saying that it would be good to set up a table for each dot point in the syllabus (for crime, human rights and family) and to find cases that have relevance with the themes and challenges so that I wouldn't have to remember a whole bunch of cases and just have some important/main ones that work with various themes?

A reply would be super awesome!
Thanks!

[fantasticbeasts3]

Hiya!
Can anyone give me some good tips on how to remember legislation, cases and media - cause lol my legal trial is next week and I'm struggling so hard to remember cases.

And maybe some cases relating to the 6 themes and challenges ? My teacher was saying that it would be good to set up a table for each dot point in the syllabus (for crime, human rights and family) and to find cases that have relevance with the themes and challenges so that I wouldn't have to remember a whole bunch of cases and just have some important/main ones that work with various themes?

A reply would be super awesome!
Thanks!

mnemonics help for remembering your LCMs :-) my legal trial is straight after papers 1 and 2 for english rip

cases are in a heap of the notes on this website, there should be tons. can't help you with family though because i don't do that option.

[inescelic]

Hi my legal trials are on monday could someone please my mark my crime and workplace essay? My teacher has heavily hinted at a compliance/non-compliance for crime....

[jamonwindeyer]

Hi my legal trials are on monday could someone please my mark my crime and workplace essay? My teacher has heavily hinted at a compliance/non-compliance for crime....

Hey! Our essay marking threads have closed for the weekend to help us handle the rush before Trials, they will reopen again in the middle of next week one of your peers might be willing to provide feedback though!

[inescelic]

Hey! Our essay marking threads have closed for the weekend to help us handle the rush before Trials, they will reopen again in the middle of next week one of your peers might be willing to provide feedback though!

Ahh ok that's fair Could someone please read over mine if they can? I've got my indigenous peoples essay attached too Much appreciated

[JD99]

you don't need to know the sections, unless you want to remember them for extra detail. for your LCMs just mention them as relevant and provide enough information to support the point you're making.

Thank you!!

Also, does anyone know whether the ICCPR and the ICESCR have been enacted into Australian legilsation?
Thanks!!

[inescelic]

Hi could someone please explain this MC for me?
Which of the following is an example of transnational crime?
A. Piracy
B. Torture
C. Genocide
D. Sex trafficking
The answer is A, but what makes D not fully correct? I thought that human trafficking was a type of transnational crime too? Also, in exams, how do you know if they are referring to piracy (pirates) or internet piracy? And are they both transnational or not?

[fantasticbeasts3]

Ahh ok that's fair Could someone please read over mine if they can? I've got my indigenous peoples essay attached too Much appreciated

hi! i did a quick read of this essay (i've also done this question before). i'm also no marker so my feedback is not the best but overall it was a really great essay! you integrated all the indigenous peoples case studies really well and i liked how you incorporated the contemporary issues. is that first paragraph your introduction? if so, that was REALLY long and usually should be 5-10 (maybe a little more than 10) lines handwritten. you don't have to include a definition on indigenous peoples and who they are, or a full definition on state sovereignty, because the marker already knows that. just mention what state sovereignty is in a concise manner and explain how it limits or recognises the rights of indigenous peoples.

i'm so sorry about the rant on the introduction but other than that, it was a really great essay. also, if you can write all of that in 45 minutes, you're amazing.