VCE Legal Studies Question Thread

[gs]

*cough* hand writing *cough*

[nacho]

*cough* hand writing *cough*

it's that bad?
-In my defense, I had a pretty bad cold that day, and this caused me to be a bit sleepy during the SAC, hence the writing not being straight.

[werdna]

I don't know why, but when I looked at your handwriting, I thought you were a guy.. :S

[gs]

It's nothing special to be completely honest. Can read it though...slightly.

[nacho]

Questions:
1. "Explain the two alternative approaches to the commitee stage in the Legislative Council."

2. "The Hansard reports do not show any Committee discussion.  Suggest why this is so.(2 marks) 

3. "Proclamation could be seen to be important in officially notifying the public of a change in the law.  To what extent does it do this?  How do the public generally find out about changes in the law?"  (2 marks)

[eeps]

I'm not really sure about the first two questions, but I think for Question 3; new laws/changes in the law are announced in the Government Gazette - this. Obviously, changes in the law will also receive media attention which is a way which the public may find out as well.

[Tobias Funke]

With 2 I'm going to assume it's due to something like the content discussed within the committee is preferably not released to the public, hmm gonna have to step up for my SAC

[schnappy]

Hansard is a transcript of parliamentery proceedings, not that of private committees? I haven't read into the book that far yet so take that with a grain of salt, just an educated guess.

[flash36]

I think I got asked question 2 last year; I answered it by saying that there was no committee discussion detailed in Hansard because there was none; the bill was passed relatively unopposed and no discussion/amendments were required.

[Darren]

If describing the structure of parliament i.e. vic parliament would it be imperative to include a description of the role the components of each structure? If so would the description be brief?
 

[flash36]

When asked "describe/outline the structure of the Victorian/Commonwealth Parliament", all you need to do is outline the number of seats of both houses, where the seats come from (eg in the Senate, 6 from each state plus two from ACT and NT), what they are called and whether they are the upper or lower of the two houses, and mention the Governor/Governor-general. I also used to put in the number of years each member served in each house as well.

[nacho]

just for anyone curious about the questions i asked:
Flash36's answers:

Oh yep.

Well first, the Committee Stage if the stage where the House becomes a Committee and bills are debated/discussed clause by clause, and amendments are voted on etc etc. Now this only needs to occur if there are differing views on the bill in the House.

For example, if a bill is introduced by the Government of the day to lower speed limits in school zones to 35km/h, and everyone in the House agrees and is happy to pass the bill, then obviously there isn't a need for the in-depth discussion in the Committee Stage - hence this stage is skipped. If it is skipped, the obviously such discussions wouldn't appear in the Hansard report, as they never happened.

Yeah proclamation is the process of the bill being printed in the Government Gazette. This is obviously important because it makes the law 'official' to a large extent. However as you say, no one reads the Gazette. So people generally find out about changes in the law through the media, their own research, or through Hansard.

thanks flash

[flash36]

just for anyone curious about the questions i asked:
Flash36's answers:

Oh yep.

Well first, the Committee Stage if the stage where the House becomes a Committee and bills are debated/discussed clause by clause, and amendments are voted on etc etc. Now this only needs to occur if there are differing views on the bill in the House.

For example, if a bill is introduced by the Government of the day to lower speed limits in school zones to 35km/h, and everyone in the House agrees and is happy to pass the bill, then obviously there isn't a need for the in-depth discussion in the Committee Stage - hence this stage is skipped. If it is skipped, the obviously such discussions wouldn't appear in the Hansard report, as they never happened.

Yeah proclamation is the process of the bill being printed in the Government Gazette. This is obviously important because it makes the law 'official' to a large extent. However as you say, no one reads the Gazette. So people generally find out about changes in the law through the media, their own research, or through Hansard.

thanks flash

Not a problem!

[Darren]

Question: do the two houses & crown of vic parliament & commonwealth parliament both serve the same function in law making? E.g upper house of vic and commonwealth both act as a house of review, and states house; the lower house of both federal and state level do the same stuff etc.
This is for the aos1 sac notes.. so yeah any input would be appreciated

[flash36]

Question: do the two houses & crown of vic parliament & commonwealth parliament both serve the same function in law making? E.g upper house of vic and commonwealth both act as a house of review, and states house; the lower house of both federal and state level do the same stuff etc.
This is for the aos1 sac notes.. so yeah any input would be appreciated

Yes. However you need to say that the Senate represents the States whilst the Legislative Council represents the regions of Victoria.