ASSESSMENT TASKS

BSBLEG413AInterpret and apply the legal

framework

JUS401B

Welcome to your first justice unit

Assessment tasks include: Court assignment Systems of Trial Essay Online theory quiz

Assessment task one – Court assignment

What does the Court system look like?Why is it important that the Court system has

a hierarchy?Understand certain elements of the court

system: Current Chief Justice of High Court Current Chief Magistrate Difference between a Magistrate and Judge What is the role of a barrister? What does the Sheriff’s Officer do? What are the amounts that dictate which court a civil matter will be heard

in? What is the role of each court in the hierarchy?

Flow chart plus report type format

State Court SystemState Court System Federal Court SystemFederal Court System

High CourtSupreme Court of

Appeal/Criminal Court of Appeal

Supreme CourtDistrict CourtMagistrates CourtTribunals

High CourtFederal Court of

AppealFederal CourtFamily CourtFederal Magistrates

Court

Differences between the State and Federal Courts

Australian High Court

Highest court in the land

Original jurisdiction for matters relating to the Constitution

Appellate jurisdiction for matters on appeal from lower courts

Permission must be granted to appeal to the High Court

Qld Supreme Court

First erected in 1876

Destroyed by an arsonist in 1968

Civil matters of a certain value

Serious criminal matters

Appeals from lower courts

Presided over by judges

FIRST BRISBANE SUPREME COURT

INSIDE BRISBANE SUPREME COURT

Brisbane Magistrates Court building, housing District and Supreme Court

New technology inside the new Magistrates Court

Supreme Court Justice

Always robed and gowned

Chief Justice wears the long wig

Remaining justices wear the shorter wigs

Chief Justice Dormer Andrews 1985-89

Qld District Court

Middle court in hierarchy

Civil matters between a certain financial amount

Indictable criminal offences and criminal matters for imprisonment greater than 3 years

Hears appeals from Magistrates Courts

Rockhampton District Court

Qld Magistrates Court

Lowest court in the hierarchy

Hears most criminal matters at commencement

Hears minor criminal matters

Civil matters less than a certain financial amount

Presided over by Magistrates

BRISBANE MURRI COURT

Federal Court

Based in Canberra but sits all over Australia

Matters relating to Federal jurisidiction

Consistent application for laws across the country

Presided over by Judges

A.C.T FEDERAL COURT

Federal Magistrates Court

Newly established court with first appointments in 2000

Designed to relieve the burden off the Federal Court

Presided over by Federal Magistrates

Federal Court Melbourne, housing High Court, Federal Court and Federal Magistrates Court

Assessment task two - essay

The adversarial system means that the best lawyer wins, rather than the truth prevails. Do you agree or disagree?’

The essay should include the following: An explanation of the adversarial system An explanation of the inquisitorial system as it compares to the adversarial

system An explanation of how the adversarial system may be based on the abilities of

the lawyers rather than a search for the truth An explanation of how the adversarial system discovers the truth in matters,

if relevant A conclusion about the topic – do you agree or disagree with this concept? Anything you believe is relevant to your argument

The essay must be a minimum of 500 words

Assessment task three – theory quiz

Understanding of the legal frameworkUnderstanding of the basic principles of lawCriminal and civil proceedingsLaw making processInterpreting legislation

Answer all the review questions in unit guide

35 true/false, short answer, multiple choice and matching type questions