BTF1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Native Title Act 1993, Substantive Rights, Australia Act 1986
30 Jul 2018
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What is law? (cid:858)body of rules of (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t, (cid:373)ade (cid:271)y parlia(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts a(cid:374)d/or the (cid:272)ourts, that regulates or controls the behaviour or relations between individuals or groups(cid:859) Rule of law no one person is above the law, power, position or persuasion has no effect on the law. Substantive - rights, obligation or duties that you have. eg, one responsibility that companies have it to not print advertisements that lie. Procedural - how are you going to do something about it. eg a cooperation has created an ad that lies. can you sue, get money? steps for doing something in regards to the act that was wrong. Private vs public - private law when you have a dispute between 2 individuals, ie cooperation a & b whereby the government has nothing to do with that relationship. Public law is when the state is involved, the relationship between government and the people.
