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BSBLEG413A Interpret and apply the legal framework. Assessment Tasks. JUS401B. Welcome to your first justice unit Assessment tasks include: Court assignment Systems of Trial Essay Online theory quiz. Assessment task one – Court assignment. What does the Court system look like? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ASSESSMENT TASKS
BSBLEG413AInterpret and apply the legal
framework
JUS401B
Welcome to your first justice unit
Assessment tasks include: Court assignment Systems of Trial Essay Online theory quiz
Assessment task one – Court assignment
What does the Court system look like?Why is it important that the Court system has
a hierarchy?Understand certain elements of the court
system: Current Chief Justice of High Court Current Chief Magistrate Difference between a Magistrate and Judge What is the role of a barrister? What does the Sheriff’s Officer do? What are the amounts that dictate which court a civil matter will be heard
in? What is the role of each court in the hierarchy?
Flow chart plus report type format
State Court SystemState Court System Federal Court SystemFederal Court System
High CourtSupreme Court of
Appeal/Criminal Court of Appeal
Supreme CourtDistrict CourtMagistrates CourtTribunals
High CourtFederal Court of
AppealFederal CourtFamily CourtFederal Magistrates
Court
Differences between the State and Federal Courts
Australian High Court
Highest court in the land
Original jurisdiction for matters relating to the Constitution
Appellate jurisdiction for matters on appeal from lower courts
Permission must be granted to appeal to the High Court
Qld Supreme Court
First erected in 1876
Destroyed by an arsonist in 1968
Civil matters of a certain value
Serious criminal matters
Appeals from lower courts
Presided over by judges
FIRST BRISBANE SUPREME COURT
INSIDE BRISBANE SUPREME COURT
Brisbane Magistrates Court building, housing District and Supreme Court
New technology inside the new Magistrates Court
Supreme Court Justice
Always robed and gowned
Chief Justice wears the long wig
Remaining justices wear the shorter wigs
Chief Justice Dormer Andrews 1985-89
Qld District Court
Middle court in hierarchy
Civil matters between a certain financial amount
Indictable criminal offences and criminal matters for imprisonment greater than 3 years
Hears appeals from Magistrates Courts
Rockhampton District Court
Qld Magistrates Court
Lowest court in the hierarchy
Hears most criminal matters at commencement
Hears minor criminal matters
Civil matters less than a certain financial amount
Presided over by Magistrates
BRISBANE MURRI COURT
Federal Court
Based in Canberra but sits all over Australia
Matters relating to Federal jurisidiction
Consistent application for laws across the country
Presided over by Judges
A.C.T FEDERAL COURT
Federal Magistrates Court
Newly established court with first appointments in 2000
Designed to relieve the burden off the Federal Court
Presided over by Federal Magistrates
Federal Court Melbourne, housing High Court, Federal Court and Federal Magistrates Court
Assessment task two - essay
The adversarial system means that the best lawyer wins, rather than the truth prevails. Do you agree or disagree?’
The essay should include the following: An explanation of the adversarial system An explanation of the inquisitorial system as it compares to the adversarial
system An explanation of how the adversarial system may be based on the abilities of
the lawyers rather than a search for the truth An explanation of how the adversarial system discovers the truth in matters,
if relevant A conclusion about the topic – do you agree or disagree with this concept? Anything you believe is relevant to your argument
The essay must be a minimum of 500 words
Assessment task three – theory quiz
Understanding of the legal frameworkUnderstanding of the basic principles of lawCriminal and civil proceedingsLaw making processInterpreting legislation
Answer all the review questions in unit guide
35 true/false, short answer, multiple choice and matching type questions