LAWS1006 Final: LAWS1006 Comprehensive Textbook and Lecture Notes
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Week 1: australian legal system and sources of law. Legal systems: customary law defines rules of conduct, obligatory on those within their scope, established by l;ong usage, such as indigenous law, australia is a common law country, meaning its legal system is based on the. Australia"s legal system: the australia parliament consists of the queen (represented by the governor- House of representatives and requires members of the commonwealth. Parliament to be directly chosen by the people: for a proposed law (bill) to become a law, it must be passed by both the. House of representatives and the senate, as well as given assent by the. Governor general: s53 of the constitution declares that in relation to the initiation and amendment of bills which appropriate tax revenue or impose taxation, the. Senate has equal power with the house of representatives in respect of bills.
