HSC Legal Studies Question Thread

[jamonwindeyer]

So would a reform in terms of the UN be the the UN Criminal Court?

Yep, the introduction of the International Criminal Court definitely qualifies (though don't shift too much into international crime stuff)

[caitlinlddouglas]

Hey i was wondering if the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was a legal or non legal international response? Thanks!

[rodero]

Hey guys,

Can someone please clarify what law reform entails when referring to World Order? In the CSSA trials we were given the question:
"To what extent has law reform responded effectively to regional and global situations that threaten peace and security?"
I mean, law reform would be a godsend question in any OTHER topic, but what the heck does it mean here? I'd assume that it means things like international treaties, declarations etc. but I'd still like a second voice to clarify these things.

Thanks

[Korrasami]

Also in regards to this question: "To what extent does the law encourage cooperation to achieve world order?", would it be more beneficial to look more on the contemporary issues? The law part of the question is having me a bit confused in what areas I can talk about...

[austv99]

Hey,
I'm struggling to come up with ideas for technology as a contemporary issue in the consumer topic.
Any ideas?
TIA

[katie,rinos]

Hey,
I'm struggling to come up with ideas for technology as a contemporary issue in the consumer topic.
Any ideas?
TIA

Hey,
So for technology the internet has facilitated services such as:

• internet marketing
• electronic loses for tax return
• branchless banking
• online reservations for restaurants/entertainment
• online shopping (even through international shopping which is a lot harder to prosecute)
• telemarketing

My class watched the ABC, four corners program, 'In google we trust', which mainly talks about internet advertising. It said that 95% of googles money is through targeted advertising.
In terms of media, Fraudulent Airbnb listings increasing, with $88,000 lost to consumers last year from the SMH, shows that consumers are not safeguarded and is negative as the law is not keeping up with the changes in technology. This article Fake online reviews: How masking can hide negative comments on TripAdvisor could be used for marketing innovations as well as technology and shows that Meriton altered, deleted or hid emails that gave negative reviews. It was positive as the ACCC were able to catch and investigate this case.
Hope this helps

[paigek3]

Also in regards to this question: "To what extent does the law encourage cooperation to achieve world order?", would it be more beneficial to look more on the contemporary issues? The law part of the question is having me a bit confused in what areas I can talk about...

This is similar to my trials question. I took the law as any legal responses really but key focuses on bringing in various articles from international instruments and stemming my arguments around them e.g. Article 2(7) outlines state sovereignty then introduced how that causes non compliance

[sweetxpple]

Hi !

I was wondering if 'bills' counted as a legal response? I want to talk about the Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2016 and how it is ineffective legal response to asylum seekers and refugees (as it violates Australia's international human rights obligations) but it hasn't been enforced as law.

Thank you!

[fantasticbeasts3]

Hi !

I was wondering if 'bills' counted as a legal response? I want to talk about the Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2016 and how it is ineffective legal response to asylum seekers and refugees (as it violates Australia's international human rights obligations) but it hasn't been enforced as law.

Thank you!

i would say they are! then you can say something's being done about it, but say it's ineffective because of the reasons you've stated above :-)

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey i was wondering if the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was a legal or non legal international response? Thanks!

Hey Caitlin! Sorry for the late reply, but I'd call that a legal response as it is an aspect of the legal response of the United Nations

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey guys,

Can someone please clarify what law reform entails when referring to World Order? In the CSSA trials we were given the question:
"To what extent has law reform responded effectively to regional and global situations that threaten peace and security?"
I mean, law reform would be a godsend question in any OTHER topic, but what the heck does it mean here? I'd assume that it means things like international treaties, declarations etc. but I'd still like a second voice to clarify these things.

Thanks

Hey rodero! Sorry for the late reply mate. I agree with your interpretation, could definitely cover new treaties, new declarations - I'd rationalise the importance of it by saying that as the world becomes interconnected, laws must be introduced to safeguard global peace and security. You could do how the law changes in response to contemporary scenarios. You could even do the shift from state sovereignty to R2P. Lots of options!

[sweetxpple]

Hi Again

for the students learn to 'investigate a contemporary human rights issue and evaluate the effectiveness of legal and non-legal responses to the issue', if there's a bill, etc. that bans asylum seekers and refugees from coming to Australia, is it a response? Or does the response have to be enforcing human rights and then evaluate whether its effective or not? I'm a bit confused, because the government has been stripping human rights from asylum seekers (rather than try to enforce anything) and so I can't really evaluate whether its working since it isnt meant to enforcing rights??

Thank you!

[jamonwindeyer]

Hi Again

for the students learn to 'investigate a contemporary human rights issue and evaluate the effectiveness of legal and non-legal responses to the issue', if there's a bill, etc. that bans asylum seekers and refugees from coming to Australia, is it a response? Or does the response have to be enforcing human rights and then evaluate whether its effective or not? I'm a bit confused, because the government has been stripping human rights from asylum seekers (rather than try to enforce anything) and so I can't really evaluate whether its working since it isnt meant to enforcing rights??

Thank you!

Hey! You can definitely evaluate such a Bill, and it's actually a great find! You evaluate it by saying, "The government is doing an AWFUL job protecting human rights in terms of asylum seekers, and this Bill evidences that. Not only are they not enforcing existing rights, they are taking them away."

Obviously put more formally and with evidence, but that's the idea!

[caitlinlddouglas]

Hey Caitlin! Sorry for the late reply, but I'd call that a legal response as it is an aspect of the legal response of the United Nations

no worries thanks!

[Mounica]

Hey Guys
does anyone have notes on the indigenous people option topic??