HSC Legal Studies Year 12 Notes

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1. Categories of Crime in NSW3 · Crime

   The nature of crime

2. Defences to Criminal Charges3 · Crime

   Criminal trial process

3. Elements of a Crime: Actus Reus and Mens Rea3 · Crime

   The nature of crime

4. Police Powers and Individual Rights3 · Crime

   Criminal investigation process

5. Principal Offenders and Accessorial Liability3 · Crime

   Parties to a crime

6. Purposes and Factors in Sentencing3 · Crime

   Sentencing and punishment

7. The Role of the Jury and the Adversarial System3 · Crime

   Criminal trial process

8. Domestic Protection of Human Rights in Australia3 · Human Rights

   Promoting and enforcing human rights

9. Non-Government Organisations and Human Rights Advocacy3 · Human Rights

   Promoting and enforcing human rights

10. Refugees and the Right to Seek Asylum3 · Human Rights

    Contemporary human rights issues

11. Rights of Indigenous Peoples3 · Human Rights

    Contemporary human rights issues

12. The International Human Rights Framework3 · Human Rights

    Promoting and enforcing human rights

13. Divorce and Property Settlement under the Family Law Act4 · Family

    Family dissolution

14. Domestic Violence and Family Law Responses4 · Family

    Contemporary issues in family law

15. Parenting Orders and the Best Interests of the Child4 · Family

    Children and the law

16. The Fair Work Act and the National Employment Framework4 · Workplace

    Regulation of the workplace

17. Workplace Discrimination and Anti-Discrimination Law4 · Workplace

    Addressing workplace issues

18. International Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict4 · World Order

    Responses to world order issues

19. State Sovereignty versus Humanitarian Intervention4 · World Order

    Responses to world order issues

20. The United Nations and Collective Security4 · World Order

    Maintaining world order