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HSC Legal Studies Question Thread
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: mikaela.luckman on February 21, 2016, 02:01:14 pm ---Hey guys... I want to say thank you, I really appreciate the help you have given me through this online tutoring, the feed back is great and you are all so kind :)
I'm having trouble with the past 2015 HSC Crime extended response question , "How effective are domestic and international measures in dealing with International Crime?"
A few pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks guys :) x
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Hi again Mikaela! Thank you for your kind words, glad to know we are helping out in some small way ;D
This was my HSC Trial Question (funnily enough, I correctly predicted it to be the HSC 2015 question as well), and I got full marks for the essay, so I know the question fairly well. Let's break it down a little:
How effective: You need to be making an overall judgement. Good, bad, ugly, anywhere in between. This should be integrated into your Thesis somehow.
Domestic and International Measures: Gives you your points to discuss, you need to cover both domestic and international responses (don't just do the United Nations, be broader!)
Dealing with International Crime: Specifies the topic area from the syllabus.
So, we need an essay that takes some of the domestic and international measures (from the International Crime section of the syllabus), and makes a judgement as to how good/bad they are, based on whatever evidence you would like to include.
There are some things you should definitely talk about, like the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, and Australian laws which deal with International Crimes. However, you can expand it to talk about the UNSC and General Assembly specifically, other intergovernmental organisations, extradition, and even bring in NGO's (though don't go into great depth with them). Also remember that International Crime covers both Crimes Against Humanity (genocide, people trafficking, etc), and transnational crimes (drug trafficking, piracy, etc).
As always, remember to include your LCMTR (Laws, Cases, Media, Treaties, Reports), and any other evidence which supports your argument. Make sure the argument is sophisticated, and threaded throughout your entire response. Be organised with your ideas, and don't waste time explaining concepts/describing laws in great detail. All your words should be on analysis/evaluation.
I hope these pointers help put you on the right track! ;D
myer.w:
Hi!
I'm currently trying to do an assessment on the limitations of free speech, both domestic and international responses. If you had any legal and non-legal information to help me with an overview it would be great!
Thanks in advance :)
atar27:
HEY!
I have my half yearly exams coming up and we were told that the essay will be on young offenders.
I picked this question and I am not quite sure how to approach it...
Assess the effectiveness of the criminal justice system when dealing with young offenders
Any help will be much appreciated
THANK YOU :)
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: myer.w on February 28, 2016, 11:37:19 am ---Hi!
I'm currently trying to do an assessment on the limitations of free speech, both domestic and international responses. If you had any legal and non-legal information to help me with an overview it would be great!
Thanks in advance :)
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Hi myer.w! This is a really interesting topic which I'm assuming relates to the Human Rights part of the course. I've never had to do an essay on this personally, so I don't have too much to offer, however:
Freedom of speech, basically, is the idea that an individual cannot be persecuted for what they choose to communicate. There are exceptions, such as if the information compromises national security, or is slanderous, among other reasons. In terms of what to discuss as legal responses, your focus should be on the ICCPR and its related committees and bodies, since this is the main piece of international law which protects political rights such as the Freedom of Speech. Domestically, you would be looking at cases primarily, though you may also choose to take a look a laws such as the Freedom of Information Act. There is also a good case worth researching, the Lange v ABC High Court case, which concerned the Freedom of Political Communication, which relates directly to this topic.
Non Legal is a little trickier. I would be researching politically motivated companies (Wikileaks could be an example) to see if any have been involved in protecting/violating the notion of Freedom of Speech. As I said, I never did an essay on this (nor would you have to in the HSC Exam), so I can only offer the most basic of information from the Human Rights topic.
Hopefully this is a good starting point for your research! If anyone else had more, please share! And feel free to come back to us with what you find and I can advise if it all constitutes a solid bank of evidence for an essay ;D
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: atar27 on February 28, 2016, 05:55:32 pm ---HEY!
I have my half yearly exams coming up and we were told that the essay will be on young offenders.
I picked this question and I am not quite sure how to approach it...
Assess the effectiveness of the criminal justice system when dealing with young offenders
Any help will be much appreciated
THANK YOU :)
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Hi atar27! This is a stock standard essay question, it's been asked as a HSC question before, so it is really great you want to tackle it!
Obviously, this essay will focus on the Young Offenders section of the syllabus. You should be covering things like:
* Young Offenders Act: The Three Tier System
* Child Sentencing and Procedures Act: Special Considerations for Children
* Mens Rea for Minors
* LEPRA: Rights of ChildrenAmong others.
To start, try brainstorming LCMTR (Laws, Cases, Media, Treaties, Reports) around the key areas in your syllabus, focusing on how they show the legal system do a good or a bad job at dealing with young offenders. From there, put some work into developing your thesis (I have a guide for this) to link all of these ideas together into a cohesive argument. This should get you started on the way to developing a killer essay plan.
If you had some more specific concerns, please let me know. Further, once you've done a bit of work, I'd love to give you some feedback on your essay, just jump over to the essay marking thread ;D good luck!
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