VCE Legal Studies Question Thread

[andy456]

because your sac is only a practice one dont get stressed if you skip it and its on there... Just ask your teacher afterwards and im sure theyd tell you... But i advise you learn it anyway its not hard..... It would come up in the weakness of parliament as a law maker i think.... You could say that delays can be caused through problems in drafting the bill.... This would just include misinterpretations byy the draftsman or the mp not explaining an area adequately.... This stuff even though not directly on the study design is implied though so dont stick with the mentality of if its not on the list forget it.

[nacho]

The role of the governor general are as follows:
● to grant royal assent to legislation
● to appoint the times for the holding of parliament
● to bring to an end a session of parliament without dissolution (to prorogue the parliament)
● prorogue the parliament (discontinue sessions of parliament until the next
session)
●dissolve parliament and call an election. This can occur when the Upper House
twice refuses to pass a Bill. When the dissolution takes place, all members of
both houses are no longer considered serving members and if they wish to
continue serving as a member, must stand for re-election on a nominated date.

What is a session of parliament? (This is a basic question i know, but I need to know 100% with no doubts.) How does the governor-general discontinue this session? If it is what I believe it is, aren't there sessions of parliament on a weekly/monthly basis? How would the G-G go about discontinuing a session if he wanted to?

To 'dissolve parliament' means to dissolve both houses. Thus the members of parliament are no longer considered members, and must be re-elected in - correct?
Can the G-G dissolve just one house (i.e. either lower or upper) or does it have to be two?


Edit: Here is what i've made of chapter 2 notes so far (that's the chapter after revision chapter) Think it's too comprehensive?

[andy456]

My interpretation was that a session of parliament was when they sit down and debate and stuff like that, so yeah on a monthlyish basis. That means that the GG appoints the times for the sittings and he is able to end the sitting when he chooses.

I think the GG can only dissolve PARLIAMENT (ie. everybody)

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[saaaaaam]

I've got a question, just a curious one

Quentin Bryce is supposed to be the last Governor General right? What happens when she's gone? Is it that the Govt are hoping to transition into a Republic? or is there going to be a new way to provide royal assent?

Where did you hear that she is supposed to be the last Governor General?

[MJRomeo81]

I've got a question, just a curious one

Quentin Bryce is supposed to be the last Governor General right? What happens when she's gone? Is it that the Govt are hoping to transition into a Republic? or is there going to be a new way to provide royal assent?

Supposed to be the last one??? Absolutely not. There is no way Australia will become a Republic in the near future.

[eeps]

What country are people doing to compare against Australia; in relation to "the approach adopted for the constitutional protection of democratic and human rights"? I'm doing Canada. We didn't really get a choice though.

[Liuy]

Yea Canada here, although we are still a few weeks from starting that

[Hellhole]

What country are people doing to compare against Australia; in relation to "the approach adopted for the constitutional protection of democratic and human rights"? I'm doing Canada. We didn't really get a choice though.

I did New Zealand last year. I'm not sure why you didn't get much of a choice, considering there's a bunch of them to choose from. From what I remember, it was a pain to do.

[gs]

Got asked in the 2nd part of SAC1 based on the first reading. I said the Clerk reads out the bill plus the bill is distributed to the members of parliament as well as the public (via their website). Didn't say it occurs in both the upper & lower house, which I may lose a mark there for. Hopefully an A+ is still on the cards.

[eeps]

Quick question;

I'd be right in saying that express rights are entrenched in the Constitution, while implied rights are not entrenched?

Cheers if anyone could help!  =]

[saaaaaam]

Quick question;

I'd be right in saying that express rights are entrenched in the Constitution, while implied rights are not entrenched?

Cheers if anyone could help!  =]

Yes that's right.

These are from my own notes:

Implied Rights
Not explicitly written but have been found by the high court  to have been suggested or intended in the constitution. Implied rights have given  the right to freedom of political communication.

(I think the right to vote may also be an implied right? The constitution says something about parliament being chosen by the people and therefore we have the right to vote).

[nacho]

Hey, here is my SAC - really easy i know.

I've included my answers, so could anyone assess whether i answered the question to obtain full marks, and whether if for any questions i had answered excessively?

Thanks.

[eeps]

In my opinion, your answer to Question 5 was a bit long for a 2-mark question. The lines given for a question suggests how long your answer should be - generally speaking. The content is fine though; as was the rest of your SAC.

When do you get your second part of the SAC back? I can update the other thread... I'm getting my SAC back tomorrow, I believe.

[gs]

Haha, some interesting expression of the english language on your SAC but the content is quite good.

I'm getting my second part of SAC1 back Wednesday, teacher said it was a fair bit harder than last and the few that she has marked have not been great. Seeking an A/A+ still though.

[nacho]

Haha, some interesting expression of the english language on your SAC but the content is quite good.

I'm getting my second part of SAC1 back Wednesday, teacher said it was a fair bit harder than last and the few that she has marked have not been great. Seeking an A/A+ still though.

lol, what is that supposed to mean?