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= Topic 1 - Law = Click here to go HOME __**FOCUS **__

Students develop an understanding of how laws affect individuals and groups and regulate society.

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 * __ASSESSMENT __**
 * Assessment Task and Marking Criteria || [[file:Ass 1 - Legal Research Task 1.doc]] || [[file:assessment notification - TASK 1.doc]] ||
 * Case Summary || [[file:Ass 1 - Legal Research Task 1 - Case Summary.docx]] ||  ||
 * Research Scaffold || [[file:Ass 1 - Legal Research Task 1 - Media Scaffold.doc]] || [|Newsbank Remote Access]
 * Mid Year Exam || [[file:Study List.docx]] || [[file:Commerce Revision.docx]] ||
 * **__CASE STUDIES__** ||
 * ====Australian Story- Wylie Case==== ||

**DUE DATE**: 1. Scaffold (Term 1, Week 4) 2. Report (Term 1, Week 5 - **Thursday 28th February, 2012** - **by 4:00pm - E221 Staffroom HoY Office drop box**)
 * __SYLLABUS OUTLINE __**

Weeks 1-2 || **The Legal Framework (1) ** || Weeks 2-3 || **The Legal Framework (2) ** = = = = || Weeks 4-5 || **Areas of Law (1) ** || Weeks 7-10 || ** Areas of Law (2) ** || || Weeks 1-2 || ** Rights and Responsiblities **** [|Convention of Childrens Rights] || Week 2-3 || **Contact with the law** > - accused, witness, victim Weeks 4 || Revision ||  || || Week 5 || Half Yearly Examinations ||  ||   ||
 * Weeks || **Students will learn about: ** || **Students will learn to: ** || **Worksheets ** ||
 * Term 1
 * Reasons for Laws || * Explain the need for laws in society
 * examine the rules and regulations applied in schools and explain the similarities and differences with established laws in society || [[file:Laws - introductory activity2.docx]]
 * Term 1
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">legal system
 * ====court structure====
 * ====juries==== || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">explain how rules, institutions and professional people contribute to the operation of the legal system
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">assess how laws empower individuals and groups in our society
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">graphically represent the structure of court heirarchy and explain the role of court personnel
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">explain the process of being summoned for jury duty
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">evaluate the role of juries || [[file:Legal Process.pdf]]
 * Term 1
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">classifying laws || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">identify the difference between public and private law
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">identify the key differences between civil and criminal law || Students to receive assessment task
 * Term 1 Week 6 || ** Report Submission ** || * ======Investigate a comtemporary legal case====== ||  ||
 * Term 1
 * how laws are made
 * [|common law]
 * statute law
 * constitutions
 * the relationship of laws to values, morals and ethics
 * how laws are changed || * investiage the differentce between judge-made law and parliament-made law using cases
 * examine how a bill becomes a law using a contemporary example
 * distinguish between the role of the federal and State constitutions in guiding law-making
 * critically assess whether laws reflect the values of our society
 * discuss why laws change, how they change and effect the changes using contemporary case studies
 * examine the political process leading to legislative change || [[file:constitution[1].docx]]
 * Term 2 || **Mock Trials** - In-class ||  || Mock Trial Website
 * Term 2
 * individual rights and responsibilities in different situations protection provided by the law
 * commercial, family, work
 * offender, victim, witness, defendant/plaintiff
 * protection provided by the law || * investigate and outline the rights and responsibilities of individuals in a range of situations
 * examine the ways in which children are protected under the Convention of the Rights of the Child
 * use cases to examine how the law provides protection for individuals in a particular situation – family, commercial, work || [|Youth Rights]
 * Term 2
 * Term 2
 * the nature of legal capacity
 * contact with the criminal law
 * elements needed to be proven for a person to be convicted of a crime
 * punishment for a crime || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">identify when a young person is considered to be an adult in different criminal situations
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">use a range of cases to examine the levels of responsibility that apply to young people as
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">identify the elements which must be proven for someone to be convicted of a crime
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">discuss appropriate punishments for a range of crimes ||  ||
 * Term 2
 * Term 2