Definitions 0.0 / 5 ? LawLaw in Society All LevelsAll boards Created by: kau0004Created on: 27-02-14 08:31 Bicameral Two houses of parliament 1 of 45 Houses of parliament at a federal level Senate, House of Representatives 2 of 45 Houses of parliament in Victoria Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council 3 of 45 Bill A proposed law 4 of 45 Concurrent powers - law making powers shared by... Commonwealth parliament and the state parliaments 5 of 45 Delegated legislation - made by.. subordinate authorities 6 of 45 Enabling Act - an act giving ---------------- the power to make laws subordinate authorities 7 of 45 Exclusive powers - law making powers of the Commonwealth parliament 8 of 45 executive council - body made up of governor-general (governor at a state level) and senior ministers 9 of 45 Executive council - to pass ------------------- where an -------------- has given power to the executive council to make regulations delegated legislation - enabling act 10 of 45 Law a legal rule 11 of 45 legislation an act of parliament 12 of 45 residual powers - law making powers left with the ---------- at the time of federation states 13 of 45 statute an act of parliament 14 of 45 Crimes against person assault 15 of 45 crimes against property theft 16 of 45 crimes against morality illegal use of drugs 17 of 45 crimes against the legal system perjury 18 of 45 crimes against the state treason 19 of 45 conviction when the offender has been found guilty 20 of 45 prosecution, the Crown, the state the party bringing the case on behalf of the state 21 of 45 Tort law trespass 22 of 45 family law adoption 23 of 45 industrial and workplace laws working conditions 24 of 45 consumer law sale of goods 25 of 45 property law real estate purchases 26 of 45 plaintiff person bringing the case 27 of 45 defamation - a civil law, under which a person can claim their ---------- has been damaged reputation 28 of 45 Precedent a law made by court 29 of 45 Westminister system - a system relying on the... government of the day having the support of the members of the lower house in order to govern 30 of 45 Hung parliament where no political party has the majority of seats 31 of 45 House of reps - elected for 3 years 32 of 45 Members in house of reps 150 33 of 45 Senate - elected for 6 years 34 of 45 Members of senate 76 35 of 45 House of review senate 36 of 45 senate red 37 of 45 house of reps green 38 of 45 legislative council red 39 of 45 legislative assembly green 40 of 45 Legislative Assembly - elected for four years 41 of 45 legislative assembly - members 88 42 of 45 legislative council - elected for four years 43 of 45 members of legislative council 40 44 of 45 subordinate authority example government departments 45 of 45
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