What Is the Rule of Law

Presumption of Innocence

Fair and Prompt Trials

Separation of Powers

Punished According to Law

Open Justice, Independent and Impartial Judiciary

No Retrospective Laws Should Be Made

Laws Made Open and Transparent by the People

Government Agencies as Model Litigants

Open Criticism and Free Speech

Law Is Known and Accessible

Freedom of Speech

Equality Before the Law

Checks and Balances

Access to Justice

Federation

Referendums

Civics and Citizenship

Division of Powers

Human Rights

Courts

Criminal Justice System

Civil law

Principle of Legality

First Civil Case: Kables and Lost Parcel

Establishment NSW Supreme Court

Democracy

Laws

Law and Technology

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Anti-Corruption Bodies

Royal Commissions

The Attorney General

The Police

Governor General 

What is the Magna Carta

International Criminal Court

Treaties

International Law

The Legal and Political Environment

• The difference between laws and non-legal rules

• The reasons for laws in society

• The principles and benefits of the rule of law

• The differences between criminal law and civil law

• Law-making processes, including statute law and civil law

• The hierarchy and jurisdiction of state and federal courts

• The purpose of the Australian Constitution