Legal Studies flashcards

384 HSC Legal Studies cards across 9 modules (154 definitions, 154 key facts, 76 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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Definition
Consumer contracts and the standards implied by statute: HSC Legal Studies
Define Simple and formal contracts
Formal contracts, such as deeds, are signed, sealed or witnessed; most consumer contracts are simple.
Definition
Categories of crime, summary and indictable offences, parties and strict liability: HSC Legal Studies
Define Principal in the first degree
The person who actually commits the actus reus, such as the person who fires the gun.
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Care and protection of children in NSW: HSC Legal Studies
Define Care and protection of children
Care and protection of children is one of the four contemporary issues that must be studied in the Family option of the Legal Studies Stage 6 Syllabus (2009), alongside recognition of same-sex relationships, the changing nature of parental responsibility, and surrogacy and birth technologies. You must identify and investigate the issue and evaluate the effectiveness of legal and non-legal responses.
Definition
Australia's federal structure and global environmental protection: HSC Legal Studies
Define Ozone depletion
The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 (Cth) implements the Montreal Protocol by controlling the import, manufacture and use of ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases. It is an example of the federal structure working smoothly, because the Commonwealth could regulate imports and trade directly.
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The Charter of Rights debate: arguments for and against a Human Rights Act for Australia: HSC Legal Studies
Define Better law-making and decisions
A duty on public authorities to consider rights changes everyday decisions in housing, health, prisons and child protection, where most rights issues arise, not just in court.
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Australia's federal structure and Indigenous peoples: HSC Legal Studies
Define Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982)
The Queensland Government refused to approve the transfer of a pastoral lease to the Aboriginal Land Fund Commission for John Koowarta and the Wik Mungkan people. The High Court upheld the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) under the external affairs power, confirming a national standard of equality that binds the states.
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Contemporary issue: housing affordability: HSC Legal Studies
Define Affordability
Affordability is one of the four contemporary issues that must be studied in the Shelter option of the Legal Studies Stage 6 Syllabus (2009), alongside discrimination, homelessness and social housing. You must identify and investigate the issue and evaluate the effectiveness of legal and non-legal responses to it.
Definition
Contemporary issue: discrimination in the workplace: HSC Legal Studies
Define Discrimination
Discrimination is one of the four contemporary issues that must be studied in the Workplace option of the Legal Studies Stage 6 Syllabus (2009), alongside safety, termination of employment and leave. You must identify and investigate the issue and evaluate the effectiveness of legal and non-legal responses to it.
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Contemporary world order issue: terrorism and the rules-based order
Define Offences (Divs 101 to 103)
Engaging in a terrorist act (life imprisonment), preparing or planning one, training, possessing things connected with terrorism, and financing terrorism. Offences involving terrorist organisations include membership, recruiting, training and providing support; around 30 organisations are listed by regulation, including Islamic State, al-Qa'ida, Hamas (listed in its entirety in 2022) and the extreme right-wing group The Base.
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Consumer redress and remedies: HSC Legal Studies
Define Consumer redress and remedies
Consumer redress and remedies is the second part of the Consumers option. It lists eight dot points: awareness and self-help, state government organisations, federal government organisations, industry organisations, the role of tribunals and courts, the role of non-government organisations, the role of the media, and consumer remedies - individual, society. The syllabus asks you to recognise the importance of awareness and self-help, examine the range of different remedies available to consumers, and evaluate the effectiveness of non-legal and legal measures in achieving justice for consumers.