INTRODUCTION TO THE AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

LAW AND JUSTICE

HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

AUSTRALIA AS A FEDERATION

SEPARATION OF POWERS

THE LEGISLATURE

SOURCES OF LEGISLATIVE POWER

THE JUDICIARY

THE EXECUTIVE

THE CONSTITUTION

SOURCES OF LAW

TYPES OF LAW

STATUTE LAW

COMMON LAW

THE MAKING OF STATUTES

INTERPRETING STATUTES

THE DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT

HIERARCHY OF COURTS

FEDERAL COURTS

STATE COURTS

OTHER COURTS

LAW REPORTS

CLASSIFICATION OF LAW

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAW

SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL LAW

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW

COMMERCIAL LAW

FUNCTIONS OF LAW

THE LEGAL PROFESSION

PRE-COLONISATION

EUROPEAN COLONISATION

INDIGENOUS ISSUES

AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION

AUSTRALIA AS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)

NEGOTIATION

MEDIATION

CONCILIATION