Commerce (legal)

• High court:

  Highest court of the Australia court system
• Local Court:


  The Local Court is the lowest court in the judicial hierarchy of the Australia
• Children Court


  Cases involving the care and protection of children and young people under the age of 18
• Supreme Court


  Court that deals with cases that was appealed from district court and deals with case with money over $750,000
• District Court


  This court takes the case that was appealed by the local court and deals with money less than $750,00
• What is this called?

  Court hierachy

  
• What is an Anarchy?


  A state of lawlessness, with no rule of law
• What type of voting is it when members are elected from across many electorates. The senate does not have a member elected to represent each electorate but rather have 12 elected from each states and two from each territory.

  Proportional Representation
• What type of voting is it when all votes and the candidates with the most votes wins. It is not used in Australia in formal government elections, however is used in schools and community groups?

  First pass the Post
• Which Court looks after armed robbery?

  District Court
• Law that is an offence, where the offender could go to prison; the burden of proof is with the prosecution and the standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt called?

  Criminal Law
• Which court hears an appeal from the local court?

  District court
• When the government turns a common law into a statue law is called?

  Codification
• What type of of voting is it when voters submit their preferences for the candidates in their order of preferences. This method of voting is used by the federal government HOR elections.

  Preferential
• A lawyer overseeing a district court or higher is called?

  Judge
• How can the Australian constitution be changed?

  Through a successful referendum
• When a court looks at a decision from a previous case to have consistency in its ruling is called?

  Precident