1. Which,(if(any,(of(the(following(is(an(incorrect(description(or(use(of(the(term(“common(law”?( Common%law%refers%to%the%body%of%laws%developed%by%judges%as%distinct%from%legislation;% None%of%the%above%statements%is%an%incorrect%description%or%use%of%the%term%‘common%law’.% Many%former%British%colonies%share%the%common%law%system%as%a%legacy%of%their%colonial%origin;% Common%law%was%developed%by%successive%Acts%of%the%United%Kingdom%Parliament;% The%rules%of%equity%developed%to%remedy%the%inflexibility%and%inadequacies%of%the%common%law;% % 2. Which,(if(any,(of(the(following(statements(is(correct?% % % The%term%‘natural%law’%refers%to%laws%that%protect%the%natural%environment;% % % The%term%‘natural%law’%refers%to%the%existing%body%of%laws;% % % A%law%is%a%rule%for%which%there%is%only%ever%one%correct%answer%for%its%application;% % % Laws%apply%to%all%members%of%a%society%equally%provided%all%members%of%the%society%have%an%adequate%knowledge%of% the%law;% % % None%of%the%above%statements%are%correct.% % 3. The("separation(of(powers"(doctrine:( % % Requires%that%only%members%of%the%judiciary%exercise%judicial%power;% % % Requires%Members%of%Parliament%to%be%the%heads%of%the%major%government%departments;% % % Is%sometimes%referred%to%as%the%Westminster%system;% % % Refers%to%the%way%that%power%is%shared%between%a%central%government%and%the%State%governments%in%a%federal%system;% % % All%of%the%above%statements%about%the%‘separation%of%powers’%doctrine%are%correct.% % 4. Which(of(the(following(statements(best(describes(the(effect(of(the(doctrine(of(‘double(jeopardy’?( % % If%an%accused%person%is%acquitted%at%trial,%there%can%be%no%further%criminal%proceedings%on%the%same%criminal%charge% nor%can%any%civil%proceedings%be%brought%against%that%person%in%relation%to%the%same%facts;% % % If%an%accused%person%is%acquitted%at%trial,%there%can%be%no%civil%proceedings%brought%against%that%person%in%relation%to% the%same%facts;% % % A%person%cannot%be%punished%by%the%criminal%law%if%that%person%has%already%been%punished%by%the%civil%law;% % % If%an%accused%person%is%acquitted%at%trial,%there%can%be%no%further%criminal%proceedings%on%the%same%criminal%charge;% % % A%person%cannot%be%punished%by%the%civil%law%if%that%person%has%already%been%punished%by%the%criminal%law.% % 5. Which(of(the(following(statements(is(correct?( % % A%Bill%is%a%legislative%proposal%that%is%also%known%as%an%Act%of%Parliament;% % % The%first%reading%of%a%Bill%in%Parliament%will%be%a%good%source%of%information%to%assist%a%court%in%determining%the% purpose%of%the%proposed%legislation;% % % The%second%reading%of%a%Bill%in%Parliament%involves%debating%each%separate%clause%in%the%proposed%legislation%and% making%amendments%as%required;% % % All%of%the%above%statements%are%correct;% % % None%of%the%above%statements%is%correct.% % 6. The(reception(of(English(law(into(New(South(Wales(in(1828(means:( % % a.%Copies%of%the%relevant%statute%books%were%sent%to%the%New%South%Wales%Parliament;% % % b.%Only%the%rules%specified%by%the%United%Kingdom%Parliament%as%appropriate%to%a%conquered%colony%were%to%apply%to% New%South%Wales;% % % c.%English%common%law%and%equity%and%English%statutes,%if%suitable%to%conditions%in%New%South%Wales,%were%to%apply%to% New%South%Wales;% % % d.%The%English%court%system%was%introduced%in%New%South%Wales;% % % (b)%and%(d)%above.% % 7. Countries(with(‘common(law’(legal(systems(will(always(have:( %%%%%%%%a%written%constitution;% % % similar%provisions%in%their%constitutions;% % % the%same%laws;% % % similar%legal%institutions;% % % similar%legal%institutions%and%similar%provisions%in%their%constitutions.% % 8. The(jurisdiction(of(the(High(Court(of(Australia(includes:( % % a.%Giving%advisory%opinions%on%the%constitutional%validity%of%proposed%legislation;% % % b.%Original%jurisdiction%in%all%matters%in%which%the%Commonwealth%is%a%party;% % % c.%Appellate%jurisdiction%in%civil%matters%only;% % % (b)%and%(c)%above;% % % All%of%the%above.% % 9. Show More
