Explore resources on courts, outlining the court hierarchy and providing Law Day Out materials and to support classroom understanding.

Explore how the criminal justice system works, plus our complete library of crime case notes illustrating these principles in practice.

Explore how civil law handles disputes and remedies, including our complete library of civil case notes illustrating principles in real situations.

Explore resources on the principle of legality - how clear laws and legal interpretation restrain state power and uphold the rule of law.

On the First Fleet, a lost parcel sparked Australia’s first civil lawsuit. In Cable v Sinclair (1788), convicts Henry and Susannah Kable successfully sued a powerful ship’s captain.

The establishment of the NSW Supreme Court and the subsequent battle between Chief Justice Forbes and Governor Darling over press freedom have shaped key democratic principles, including rule of law, separation of powers, and checks and balances.