Year 12 Legal Studies U4 AOS2 SAC A revision

Translate 'locus standi'

• Reason for the decision

• Remarks said by the judge in passing

• Reason for standing by the decision

• Requirement for standing

Define 'requirement for standing'

• Requires a person to be directly affected by the issues or matters involved in the case for the court to be able to hear and determine the case

• Requires a person to know someone who has been affected by the issues or matters involved in the case for the court to be able to hear and determine the case

• If you have a vested interest in a case if you have alleged to have been affected by the issue at hand more than another person of the general public and if they seek compensation if you succeed

• Requires you to stand for the judge when you arrive in court or when the judge leaves

What is a hostile upper house?

• When the government holds majority of seats in the upper house. This means that the government will easily be able to pass bills.

• When the government holds majority of seats in the upper house. This means that the government will have difficulty passing bills.

• When the government does not hold majority seats in the upper house. This means that the government will have difficulty passing bills.

• When the government does not hold majority seats in the upper house. This means that the government will easily be able to pass bills.

Which of the following is NOT a political pressure?

• International

• Interparty

• Domestic

• Internal

Which of the following is NOT a way that political pressures can affect the ability of parliament to make law?

• May make laws ‘along party lines’

• May respond to financial incentives

• May respond to pressures from business or organisations

• May force the courts to act prematurely when they are not in the best position to do so

Which is the following is NOT a factor of BINDING precedent

• Cases heard in the same hierarchy

• Second case heard in a lower court

• Second case heard in a higher court

• Material facts are similar

Translate 'ratio decidendi'

• The reason for the decision

• The reason for the sentence

• Remarks made by the judge in passing

• To stand what has already been decided

Which of the following is NOT a way to avoid precedent?

• Reverse

• Overrule

• Distinguish

• Overturn

Which of the following uses only one case?

• Reverse

• Overrule

• Dissaprove

• Distinguish

Define 'Statutory Interpretation'

• Where judges interpret the words or phrases in an act of court, in order to give the words meaning.

• Where judges interpret the words or phrases in an act of parliament, in order to change the words in the act.

• Where judges change the words or phrases in an act of parliament, in order to interpret the words in the act.

• Where judges interpret the words or phrases in an act of parliament, in order to give the words meaning.