WorksheetsLegal Studies HUM101A
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following does not make a good and effective law?
Easily understood
Indiscriminatory
Revenue making
Ensures the safety of people
Stable and consistent
What is Common Law?
Law made by judges in a court
Law made by parliament
Law that effects common people
Old law
What is the Division of Power?
The separation of law making, enforcement and interpretation
The division of power amongst the people
The division of law making responsibilities to different levels of government
Your mum
What document outlines the Division of Power?
The 1967 referendum
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
The Bible
The Australia Constitution (1901)
Which of the following is NOT a group within the Division of Power?
Concurrent
Exclusive
Residual
Arbitrary
What is Statute Law?
Law made by a nationwide vote
Law made by judges
Law made by parliament
Law made by the Prime Minister
What is a judicial precedent?
An obligation by a judge to follow the ruling of a previous case
A judge serving on two simultaneous cases
A judge's wig
When a politician overrules a case verdict
When can judicial precedent apply? (select 2)
Constantly
Only from courts that are of a higher or the same rank
From courts of a lower rank
Cases of a similar nature
What is the Separation of Power?
The separation of groups of people through law
The separation of law making, enforcement and interpretation
Legislation to weaken people against the government
To which 3 groups does the Separation of Powers doctrine apply?
Judicial (judges)
Executive (Police)
Military (army)
Legislative (politicians)
Which of the following 2 are Australia's key law enforcement agencies?
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
AFP (Australian Federal Police)
ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation)
Which of the following are factors that define a Terrorist Act?
Intended to create fear and terror
To coerce people
To promote an ideology
To physically and/or mentally harm people
All of the above
When did the Sydney Lindt Cafe Siege occur?
2011
2012
2013
2014
The Sydney Lindt Cafe Siege was committed in the name of which organisation?
Al Qaeda
The Taliban
ISIS
Hamas
