16467 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Australian Constitutional Law, Macquarie Dictionary, Private Law
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Lecture 1: foundations of law & legal systems. Per hughes, leane & clark australian legal institute: principles structure. Definition: legal system and organisation (2003) thomson reuters. A legal system may be defined as that framework of rules and institutions within a community or state, recognized by its citizens as regulating the conduct of citizens for their mutual benefit. Adapted from meek, michael australian legal system (thomson reuters,4th ed, Western = originating in greek, roman, judeo christian tradition in european nations. Western is no longer geographically confined notion refers to western mode of conceptualising the operation of law i. e. a contextual approach to definition of law. Professor patrick parkinson identifies three hallmarks of the operation of law in societies which have adopted the western tradition: Conceptually distinct from custom, morality, religion or politics - reflective of origins in social values but translates these through a process of legal reasoning into unique legal norms.
