16467 Study Guide - Final Guide: Native Title Act 1993, Independent Contractor, Helen Baxendale

• School: UTS
• Department: Design, Architecture and Building
• Course: 16467
• Professor: Peter Smith

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Le(cid:272)ture (cid:1005): fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374)s of law & legal syste(cid:373)s: the object of law is to provide rules governing the relationships between the members of society and between the government and its citizens to avoid conflict. Law: basically, law can be defined as the body of principles, standards and rules that the courts apply in the resolution of disputes brought before them. Three key elements include: system of rules and principles, enforced by established institutions, recognised as binding by society. Constitution: federation: comprises a central government, which has certain law-making powers, and a number of states or territories that also have law-making powers. Australia is a federation and has been since 1901. Institutions of law (see textbook for further detail): parliament/legislature, created acts of parliament/statutes/legislation, executive, administers laws and carries out the business of government, creates delegated legislation/regulations, according to the commonwealth constitution (s 61), the executive power of the.