LAW1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lower House, Constitution Of The United Kingdom, Monarchy Of The United Kingdom
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Week 4 - topic 4 videos notes. Video 1: australian parliament: a parliament is a body or group of people typically responsible for making law within a legal system, parliaments have existed for thousands of years, australia is a federal system so various parliaments. State parliament: parliaments of territories, act, nt, australia"s parlia(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts have 3 esse(cid:374)tial characteristics, parliaments elected by the people. Statute law is superior to many other sources of law: precise content of the statute law, binds the other branches of government, courts make law in common law principles. Statute law is superior to judge made law/common law: parliaments power is constrained by constitutional rules, bi -cameral, two chambers. Lower house - house of reps: victoria, upper house - legislative assembly. Federal level: members of senate --> sit for 6 years, only half of the senate is voted each time, members of house of rep --> sit for 3 years, all the members are re-elected each time, victoria.
