DUE DATE: Week 4
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
All assignments must be submitted electronically using Turnitin by 9 pm Friday March 22.
Please find out if you are also required to provide your teacher with a hard copy.
This assignment comprises FOUR questions that are based on some of the information covered in the first two weeks of the course. All questions must be answered.
The lecture notes are on the portal in Weeks 1 and 2. They include the following two topics:
TOPIC 1 – The Australian Legal System
* Establishment of the Commonwealth Parliament * Division of power between Commonwealth and State parliaments * High Court interpretation of the Constitution
TOPIC 2 – Sources of Law in Australia
* Court Structure * Doctrine of Precedent * Interpreting statutes
The question is worth a total of 10 marks.
The maximum word limit is 750 words.
Note: extra marks will NOT be given for additional information that exceeds the word limit. Marks may in fact be deducted.
This assignment is not an essay; therefore, an introduction and conclusion are not necessary. You must, however, specifically answer the questions provided in a series of sentences and paragraphs.
Cases that are referred to must be referenced in text with their complete citations: e.g. Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 129.
This not a research assignment, therefore, you do not need a reference list. If you wish to refer to information in the lecture notes this can be referenced as: “FBL – Lecture Notes 2013”. If you copy the information directly from the lecture notes (or any other source) then the information must be included within “inverted commas” and the source(s) acknowledged.
Please label your assignment with your name and student identification number.
READ THE FOLLOWING CASE STUDY
The South Australian parliament passed the Birdlands