Yr 8 Law and Society Review

Common Law can be best described as:

• laws made by judges 
• laws that regulate how companies act
• laws used to decide who has accessto publicly owned land
• laws that are prepared by politicians 

As a result of civil war a country is left with no effective government . Members of society do whatever they want and many laws are broken. This country now has a political system based on:

• democracy
• communism
• anarchy
• statutory

Sarah is 19 years old and is caught shoplifting from her local newsagency. This is the first time she has been arrested. Sarah's case will be heard in which court?

• the District Court
• the Summary Offences Court
• the Childrens Court
• the Local Court 

In the Australian Constitution,residual powers are: 

• the powers held by the Commonweath Government 
• the powers held by the State Governments 
• powers to change statutory laws
• the right of parliament to dismiss judges 

The Australian Constitution can be changed when: 

• the Australian Parliament receives the  approval of the Governor General  
• the majority of the state parliaments agree to change
• a bill is successfully passed by the Australian Parliament
• a referendum is successful

The role of the jury in a criminal case is to determine the guilt of the accused and then to pass appropriate  sentence 

• True
• False

Statue laws are made by parliaments.

• True
• False

Australians have the right to appeal court cases to the Commonwealth Senate as a last resort.

• True
• False

A child under the age of 16 cannot be arrested by the police.

• True
• False

In a civil law case the person making the accusation is known as the plaintiff.

• True
• False