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YEAR 10 LEGAL STUDIES ORIENTATION 2016

Welcome to Year 10 Legal Studies. This course will build on your previous studies and get you ready for the VCE final exam. All students should have the booklet entitled, Year 10 Legal Studies Class of ’16. The first section of the course is on Criminal Law. Unfortunately there is no shortage of criminals in … Continue reading →

VLRC Law Resources

http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/videos  

VCE Unit 2 A Question of Rights Eddie Koiki Mabo

VCE Examination, UNIT 2 Legal Studies It is not appropriate that I include an image of Eddie Mabo in this article on VCE Legal Studies. I am culturally sensitive to Indigenous peoples in Australia and their beliefs on images of deceased persons. Having his family sitting by his original grave in Townsville promotes a good … Continue reading →

Precedent and Duty of Care

Donoghue V Stevenson established the idea that manufacturers owed a duty of care to anyone who used their products. This idea also begins our study of precedent. The idea of Stare Decisis – follow what has gone before – where judges in courts below a superior court in the same hierarchy are bound to follow … Continue reading →

WILD DOGS VCE UNIT 2 LEGAL STUDIES 2015

When do you pursue an action in the Supreme Court of Victoria (Trial Division)? How do you balance the cost of legal fees with your choice of Barrister and instructing solicitors? What if it has taken you several years to mount this action in the courts and it has almost cost you everything you have? … Continue reading →

Corrections Victoria

Mokbel Sentence

Legal Studies 2015

Welcome to VCE Legal Studies 2015 P. F Hughes

WELCOME 2015 Legal Studies Students

These are my PPT Lessons for transition week. vce-legal-studies-unit-3-LESSON ONE vce-legal-studies-unit 3 – LESSON TWO vce-legal-studies-unit-3-LESSON THREE PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR 2015 As a result of the ICT Department’s wireless and network infrastructure ramping up operations, in 2015 Year 11 and 12 students will have the option of bringing their own computing devices to … Continue reading →

VCE LEGAL STUDIES EXAM 2014

SOME FINAL WORDS. Most students will experience some apprehension and nervousness as their learning for 2014 is assessed in Legal Studies. I look forward to sitting down on Tuesday evening on the 11 November 2014 and sitting the examination at home myself. Here is some final advice: The examiner’s comments suggest that committal hearings and … Continue reading →