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"Legal Studies focuses on the interaction between society and the discipline of law ... {The subject] explores the role and development of law in response to current issues ... The primary skills of inquiry, critical thinking, problem-solving and reasoning empower Legal Studies students to make informed and ethical decisions and recommendations ... Knowledge of the law enables students to have confidence in approaching and accessing the legal system, and provides them with an appreciation of the influences that shape the system ... Legal Studies enables students to appreciate how the legal system is relevant to them and their communities" (QCAA, 2019).
Citators
Researching the Law
- Jade CitatorA citator is a research tool for finding legal cases by their names, topics or citation. Jade is a citator that will help you search for Australian legal judgments, decisions and legislation.
- Common case abbreviations"Type in the box [provided] to filter by abbreviations, law report series title, or unique court identifiers."
3D Interactive Court Room
- National Trust Interactive Court Room
Visit this interactive 3D Court Room to see how a court works.
mock courts
- Mock Courts
Access all the information you need to set up a Mock Court.
judge for yourself
- Judge for Yourself
Set up by the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council, this site allows users to hear evidence in different cases and decide the appropriate punishment.
Virtual Court Tour
- Virtual Court Tour
The virtual court site provides information to court users about the court process and the roles of court personnel. The virtual court site allows users to view mock court hearings and take part in an interactive virtual tour of a courtroom.
Links : Australian Law
Australian Law Links
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal"The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) conducts independent merits review of administrative decisions made under Commonwealth laws. [They] review decisions made by Australian Government ministers, departments and agencies and, in limited circumstances, decisions made by state government and non-government bodies." Search this site for resources, cases, statistics and more.
- Administrative LawAccess a wide range of topics from family law, rights and protections, national security, crime, international relations and more. "Administrative law is the body of law that regulates government decision making. Access to review of government decisions is a key component of access to justice."
- Australasian Legal Information Institute"The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) provides free internet access to Australasian legal materials. AustLII's broad public policy agenda is to improve access to justice through better access to information. To that end, [they] have become one of the largest sources of legal materials on the net, with over four million searchable documents."
- Federal Register of Legislation"The Federal Register of Legislation (the Legislation Register) is the authorised whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation and related documents. It contains the full text and details of the lifecycle of individual laws and the relationships between them."
- High Court of AustraliaSearch this site for cases and other resources. "The High Court is the highest court in the Australian judicial system. It was established in 1901 by Section 71 of the Constitution. The functions of the High Court are to interpret and apply the law of Australia; to decide cases of special federal significance including challenges to the constitutional validity of laws and to hear appeals, by special leave, from Federal, State and Territory courts."
- BarNet Jade"Staying up to date with the latest decisions of Australian and International Courts and Tribunals and Australian legislation has never been easier. New, revised, updated and so much more sophisticated, JADE takes online legal research to a whole new level."
- Law CiteLawcite is a freely available case citator service developed by Austlii. It is used to locate judgements, to find how a decision has been subsequently dealt with and to identify journal articles referring to the case. Copy and paste this URL for a video tutorial on how to search this site for case law details: https://bit.ly/2Zc96gG Copy and paste this link for a video tutorial on how to search this site for journal articles and secondary information: https://bit.ly/2Z7FTDm. Copy and paste this link for a video tutorial on how to search this site for legislation and parliamentary materials.
- LawlexSearch all Australian legislation from one site. All principal legislation is categorised under the Lawlex subject index. This includes Acts, Bills, Regulations, Plans and By-laws. The subject index includes 29 categories with subcategories as relevant to those principal categories.
- Australian Taxation Office Legal DatabaseThe Legal Database is a collection of legal and policy information. Here you have access to much of the material the Australian Tax Office uses when making decisions, including: Legislation and supporting material, Public Rulings and Determinations, Case Decision Summaries (details of important decisions made by the ATO), ATO Practice Statements (directions to ATO staff on how to apply the laws administered by the Commissioner), Tax related case law.
- Migration and Refugee Review TribunalThe Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) and Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) conduct merit reviews of visa and visa-related decisions made by the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
- National Domestic and Family Violence Bench BookMagistrates, judges, victims and support officers nationwide can now refer to a one-stop reference guide about domestic and family violence.
- Parliamentary LibraryThe Parliamentary Library is part of the Department of Parliamentary Services and provides services to senators, members, their staff, the staff of parliamentary departments and the Governor-General. The first library services were delivered to federal parliament in 1901 and continue to provide significant support to parliament and the democratic process.
- Public Safety and LawFind government legislation and information to help you with legal issues. Includes consumer protection, fraud, online security, scams, emergency services, legislation, police and rights.
- Queensland CourtsAccess to judgements from the Queensland Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, District Court and Planning and Environment Court. Also includes access to legislation, forms, practice directions, callover, daily law lists and court calendars as well as the Supreme Court Library catalogue. (DB)
- Queensland Government: Your Rights, Crime and the LawIncludes law, rights, legislation, crime, police and court system.
- Queensland JudgementsThe object of the Queensland Judgments website is to publish, on behalf of the principal courts and tribunals of Queensland, an authoritative, complete and functional collection of Queensland case law (including the Queensland Reports) which can be made available to the community free of charge.
- Queensland Legislation: Office of the Queensland Parliamentary CounselProvides fulltext access to Queensland legislation including Queensland Acts and Subordinate legislation as in force plus superseded reprints, Queensland Acts as passed, Subordinate legislation as made, Queensland Bills as well as Repealed legislation.
- RefWorldRefworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Includes foreign law legislation
- South Australia: Crime Justice and the LawIncludes information on South Australian Courts, prison, the legal system, crime, road rules.
- Victoria Law and JusticeIncludes births, deaths and marriages, ombudsmen, courts, parking fines, police checks, consumer rights, statutory declarations, Commissioners and legislation for Victoria.
Criminology
Criminology
- Australian Institute of CriminologyNational research centre on crime and justice. Undertakes and communicates evidence-based research to inform policy and practice.
- Centre for Restorative JusticeThe Centre for Restorative Justice (CRJ) is the world leader in experimental and theoretical research on the design and cost-effectiveness of restorative responses to crime. Publications include books, articles and reports and many available full text via ANU E Press.
- Criminology Research CouncilThe principal objectives of the Criminology Research Grants Program are to undertake and provide funding for criminological research which is relevant to public policy and to promote the value and use of such research.
- Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2018This publication presents statistics about victims of selected offences that were recorded by police between January 1 and December 31 2018. This is the ninth annual release of the current time series which covers the 2010 to 2018 reference periods.
Overseas Legal Links
International Legal Links
- Guide to Law OnlineThe Guide to Law Online is an annotated compendium of Internet links; a portal of Internet sources of interest to legal researchers. Although the Guide is selective, inclusion of a site by no means constitutes endorsement by the Law Library of Congress.
- World Legal SystemsThis site presents general information relating to the different legal systems in the world, to the different official languages and to some of the most important international commercial conventions. The map function provides a visual tool for investigating legal systems.
- New Zealand LegislationThis website provides free public access to up-to-date unofficial versions of the following New Zealand legislation: Acts of Parliament (public Acts), local Acts, private Acts, imperial Acts in force in New Zealand, provincial Acts and provincial Ordinances in force in New Zealand.
- UK LegislationThe original (as enacted) and revised versions of legislation of the United Kingdom (UK), Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (DB)
- Laws and Legal Issues - United StatesFederal Laws of the USA, including the United States Code.
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence
- ABS - Family and Domestic Violence (FDV)-related offences - 2018This link presents data about victims of selected Family and Domestic Violence (FDV)-related offences for 2018.
- Brisbane Domestic Violence ServiceThe Brisbane Domestic Violence Service (BDVS) is a free and confidential service for people in the Brisbane Metropolitan area who are affected by domestic and family violence.
- Child ProtectionThe collection of resources about child protection, family violence and related issues is supported by the Australian Centre for Child Protection based at the University of South Australia.
- Domestic and Family ViolenceLifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
- Domestic Violence - NSW GovernmentThere are many types of domestic and family violence. It is violent, abusive or intimidating behaviour by a partner, carer or family member to control, dominate or cause fear. It doesn’t have to be physical abuse. It can be emotional, psychological, financial, sexual or other types of abuse.
- Domestic Violence Prevention CentreThe Domestic Violence Prevention Centre Gold Coast Inc. works from a feminist perspective and framework. We uphold the belief that structural inequalities in society greatly disadvantage women and children and result in power differentials and violence in interpersonal relationships.
- Domestic Violence Resource Centre VictoriaThis is a statewide resource centre supporting workers and families to help stop family violence
- Domestic Violence StatisticsWhite Ribbon. Australia's campaign to prevent men's violence against women.
- Family and Domestic ViolenceWe support people affected by family and domestic violence by providing information, resources and referrals.
- Family ViolenceAPO is a not-for-profit, open access knowledge and evidence base for you to discover, share and manage public policy and practice resources.
- National Domestic and Family Violence Bench BookMagistrates, judges, victims and support officers nationwide can now refer to a one-stop reference guide about domestic and family violence.
- What is Domestic Violence? - Reach OutReachOut is Australia’s leading online mental health organisation for young people, providing practical support to help them get through everything from everyday issues to tough times.