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. Australia's political and legal system was, and still is linked to the British system through adopting the west minister system. China's political and legal system is now socialist although it was a dynastic dictatorship before the people of china's republic was formed in 1949. After the Cultural Revolution the national peoples congress developed a new state constitution. .
Australia and china both have constitutions that state key principles that underlie the political systems. .
In china the constitution states:.
The state upholds the uniformity and dignity of the socialist legal system.
No organization or individual may enjoy the privilege of being above the Constitution and the law.
All state organs, the armed forces, all political parties and public organizations, and all enterprises and undertakings must abide by the Constitution and the law. All acts in violation of the Constitution and the law must be looked into.
No law or administrative or local rules and regulations shall contravene the Constitution. .
In Australia the constitution states: .
This Act, and all laws made by the Parliament of the Commonwealth under the Constitution, shall be binding on the courts, judges, and people of every State and of every part of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding anything in the laws of any State; and the laws of the Commonwealth shall be in force.
The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Parliament, which shall consist of the Queen, a Senate, and a House of Representatives, and which is herein-after called "The Parliament," or "The Parliament of the Commonwealth.".
These are the key principles of the document that underlie the political and legal systems.