LA1102 Workshop 2

One of the main functions of a court is:

• To write an Act of Parliament

• To resolve disputes

• To offer legal advice to Parliament

• To write law textbooks

What is case law?

• Laws that deal only with criminal cases

• Laws made by Parliament

• Laws contained in briefcases

• Laws/legal principles made by judges contained in their decisions in court cases

Do all decisions of a court contain case law? 

• Not all decisions of a court contain case law.

• All decisions of a court contain case law.

• Only decisions of a court about criminal law contain case law.

• Only decisions of a court about international law contain case law.

A large majority of case law is contained in decisions of superior courts, e.g. appellate courts.

• False

• True

Jurisdiction is:

• The power and scope that a court has to hear matters of fact and law and to make orders and render judgment

• The power and scope that a court has to refer matters to Parliament

Stare decisis is also known as

• The doctrine of precedent

• The doctrine of latin phrases

• The doctrine of advisory judgements

The doctrine of precedent means that, generally speaking, courts are bound by the decisions of superior courts in the same hierarchy

• False

• True

Which court is at the top (the apex) of the federal hierarchy in Australia?

• Federal Court

• High Court

• Full Federal Court

• Federal Circuit and Family Court

Which court is at the top of the Queensland hierarchy?

• Federal Court

• Qld Court of Appeal (Full Supreme Court)

• High Court

• Qld Supreme Court