Year 10 Legal Studies

The ACR acronym stands for:

• Apples, carrots & rice

• Authority, consequence and regulation

• Authority, consequence and rules

• Authority, conditions and regulations

A specific statement either verbal or written which regulates activities in a formal manner is a:

• Rule

• Norm

• Law

• text

A set of rules developed over time which regulates people’s behaviour towards each other is a:

 

• List

• Norm

• Law

• Norm

Socially acceptable habits or customs are:

• Norms

• Laws

• Rules

• Trends

A specialist Magistrates Court that connects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander defendants with treatment and support services prior to sentencing is called:

• Murri Court

• Indigenous Courts

• Burri Court

• ABC

Legally enforceable outcomes or punishments which result from breaches of the law are c___________

Effective laws must be known and __________, adaptable, stable and enforceable.

Reasons we need laws are:

• Protection, freedom and pest control

• Protection, freedom and to resolve disputes

• Safety and security

• To create anarchy

Two sources of law are:

• Constitutional and legislative

• A book and a list

• Authoritative and Historical

• Harry Potter and Hermione

A law made by parliament is a _______ law and a law made by judges is common law.