Legal Studies 3/4

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U3AOS1 Topic 1: Summary and Indictable offences

U3AOS1 Topic 2: Principles of the criminal justice system

U3AOS1 Topic 3: The rights of an accused

U3AOS1 Topic 4: The rights of victims

U3AOS1 Topic 5: Fairness, equality and access

U3AOS1 Topic 6: Victoria Legal Aid & community legal centres

U3AOS1 Topic 7: Plea negotiations

U3AOS1 Topic 8: The Victorian court hierarchy

U3AOS1 Topic 9: The roles of key personnel

U3AOS1 Topic 10: Legal practitioners

U3AOS1 Topic 11: Impact of costs/time/cultural differences

U3AOS1 Topic 12: The purposes of sanctions

U3AOS1 Topic 13: Fines, CCOs & Imprisonment

U3AOS1 Topic 14: Factors considered in sentencing

U3AOS2Topic 1: Key principles in the civil justice system

U3AOS2Topic 2: Factors to consider prior to initiating a civil case

U3AOS2Topic 3: Fairness, equality and access

U3AOS2Topic 4: Mediation, conciliation and arbitration

U3AOS2Topic 5: The Victorian court hierarchy in civil law

U3AOS2Topic 6: The roles of key personnel in a civil dispute

U3AOS2Topic 7: The need for legal practitioners

U3AOS2Topic 8: Class actions (representative proceedings)

U3AOS2Topic 9: The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Consumer Affairs Victoria and the courts.

U3AOS2Topic 10: Impact of costs and time on the POJs

U3AOS2Topic 11: Remedies: damages and injunctions

U4AOS1Topic 1: Roles of Vic/Cth parliament in law-making

U4AOS1Topic 2: The division of powers

U4AOS1Topic 3: Significance of s.109 of the Constitution

U4AOS1Topic 4: One high court case

U4AOS1Topic 5: Factors affecting parliament in law-making

U4AOS1Topic 6: Ways that the Constitution acts as a check

U4AOS1Topic 7: Statutory interpretation

U4AOS1Topic 8: Features of the doctrine of precedent

U4AOS1Topic 9: Factors affecting the courts in law-making

U4AOS1Topic 10: Parliaments and the courts relationship

U4AOS2Topic 1: The reasons for law reform

U4AOS2Topic 2: Means of influencing law reform

U4AOS2Topic 3: The role of the media in law reform

U4AOS2Topic 4: The role of the VLRC in law reform

U4AOS2Topic 5: One recent VLRC inquiry about law reform

U4AOS2Topic 6: The role of Royal Commissions in law reform

U4AOS2Topic 7: One recent Royal Commission inquiry

U4AOS2Topic 8: Parliamentary Committees in law reform

U4AOS2Topic 9: One recent Parliamentary Committee inquiry

U4AOS2Topic 10: Reasons for constitutional reform

U4AOS2Topic 11: Requirements of approving a referendum

U4AOS2Topic 12: Factors affecting the success of referendums

U4AOS2Topic 13: The 1967 and 2023 referendums