POLITICAL AND LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH AND ORAL PRESENTATION AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Australia and china both have very independent political and legal systems. Both countries political and legal systems are heavily influenced through their history and development in society to form a national identity. ... A governor general is then appointed to represent the queen when she is not in Australia. ... Elections in Australia and china In Australia and China elections are democratic and are extremely similar. ... This is a relatively closed system The Australian Judicial System The Au...

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Aboriginal occupation of Australia Archaeologists and prehistorians have dated the presence of Aboriginal people in Australia back about 50,000 years. It has been estimated that between 300,000 and 750,000 Aboriginal people were living in Australian in 1788. ... In its 1992 decision in Mabo v QLD (No 2), the High Court rejected the doctrine that Australia was 'terra nullius', but held that Australia was a settled colony in which the common law recognised native title to land. ... A law made under this power may preserve the material evidence of the history and culture of Aborigin...

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The group I have chosen to discuss is that of homosexual people, a minority group in Australian society. ... Until recently in Australia's history, consenting adults engaging in homosexual activity in private were considered to have been committing a crime. ... However, the legal system has not been able to meet all the needs of gay and lesbian Australians to the extent that they have real equal rights with heterosexual Australians in areas such as; formal recognition of relationships, adoption of children and access to public IVF treatment and sperm banks, and rights regarding the colle...

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History has shown us what a huge harm discrimination can do to minorities in our society. In Australia, we have a number of laws in place to minimize discrimination, for example Racial Discrimination Act 1975. ...

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In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. ... The history was much more brutal, with extensive warfare and the extermination of whole tribes. ... The history involves warfare, brutality and manipulation. ...

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The rules of evidence also act to exclude evidence that relates to the criminal reputation and criminal history of the accused. ... The defence is not allowed to cross-examine the complainant about her sexual history or reputation. ...

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"After reading Twelve Angry Men we feel confident in the American legal system." Do you agree with this statement? In your response discuss HOW the play position us to think about the jury system. " It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer." - Sir William Black...

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