Term 4 Civics and Citizenship jesse

Week 1

intro to C and C

citizenship- a term used to describe the act or status of being a citizen of society

Civics- Civics is the study of rights and responsibilities of citizens within within a society

What is democracy?

the origins of democracy come from the greek words demos and kratos

the six concepts of C and C

the Westminster system

justice

democratic values

participation

democracy

rights and responsibilities

Key terms

government

multiculterism

citixenship

parliament

civics

parliamentary democracy

Week 3

Week 2

why do we need law

the protect us and our rights

legal vs non-legal

Laws protect us

examples of ech

legal- stealing something

differences

non legal is not made by the government. and a legal law is one that is made by the government

Non legal- being late to class

statutory law

laws that are made and passed in parliment

it is made by both the upper house and lower house looking at a bill of the law and passing it or not passing it

common law

an example of common law is being a newcance a judge can change change the existing rule depending on the case

it is made when a judge has to make a ruling about a case that is not covered by statutory law

customary law

who uses it - aboriginal elders

unofficial law that has been in place for many years often passed along by word of mouth

civil law

diff to crim

used mostly for settling desputes

tort law

a breach of duty imposed by the law

Criminal law

rights of accused

define

guilty act vs guilty mind

Guilty mind- person intended to break the law

Week 4

test revision

Test 1

week 5

Essay practice

freedoms

religion

assembely

speech

assosiation

Why are freedoms important

movement

if there were no freedoms we couldn't participate in society

allows a person to participate in Australia's democracy

free to practice as many religions or no religions at all

allows people to meet in groups for social and political purposes

free to join pf form any group as long as it is legal

a citizen can travel to any state or territory in australia and also re enter

Week 6

guilty act- a law was broken

they have the right to a fair trial and to an internee

essay

test revision