Legal Studies Year 11 NSW
  • Legal Studies Year 11 NSW

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Legal Studies Year 11 NSW (Grade 100)

Summary:

The document “Legal Studies Year 11 NSW” focuses on how the law impacts individuals, covering various themes like justice, rights, responsibilities, and societal challenges. The first few pages introduce the concept of individual rights and responsibilities. Rights are entitlements by legal or moral authority, such as the right to vote or human rights. Responsibilities are legal or moral obligations individuals have towards others or society, like parents’ responsibility to care for their children. The document also discusses the sources of rights, which can be legislation, common law, or international law. For instance, Section 116 of the Australian Constitution provides the right to religious freedom. The text also delves into the relationship between rights and equality, emphasizing that anti-discrimination laws aim to strengthen individual rights by promoting equality.

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Legal Studies Year 11 NSW

Year 11 Topic 2: The Individual and the Law Study Notes

Principal focus: Students investigate how the law impacts individuals by referring to legal and non-legal institutions, laws, and media reports

Themes and challenges to be incorporated throughout this topic:

  • Relationship between justice, law, and society
  • Relationship between rights and responsibilities
  • Balancing the rights of individuals with the needs of the state
  • Role of the law in regulating technology
  • Effectiveness of legal mechanisms for achieving justice for individuals and society

Content:

  • Rights are entitlements that people have by legal or moral authority. If an individual has a right to something, others are prohibited from taking it away from them. For example, in Australia, residents and property owners over 18 have the right to vote in local council elections.
  • Human rights are fundamental rights that every person has based on being a human being, without regard to nationality, sex or other characteristics.
  • Responsibilities are legal or moral obligations a person may have to another person, group, the state, society, or other people generally. There are responsibilities to act in particular ways, as well as responsibilities to refrain from certain acts. For example, parents have both legal and moral responsibility to take care of their children, and all persons are responsible not to commit criminal and tortious acts.
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