Australian Legal Principles and Institutions 2e

Australian Legal Principles and Institutions is an introductory unit which seeks to provide tertiary students from a non-legal background with a basic understanding of the Australian legal system. The unit begins with an examination of the principal institutions of the legal system, particularly the courts, the legislature and the executive arm of government; the sources of Australian law; the origins of the common law, the doctrine of precedent, the jurisdiction of the various Australian courts and the principles of statutory interpretation.