Revision notes.

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1. Close your notes and write the main idea in two sentences from memory.
2. Reopen the source and correct the first mistake or omission you find.
3. Add one example and one question to test whether you can apply the idea.

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Topics in the resource inventory

• Rule of law, separation of powers and judicial independence
• Representative and responsible government in practice
• The Commonwealth and South Australian parliaments: structure, members and the Senate
• How a bill becomes law: public and private members' bills, debate and committees
• Cabinet, ministers, question time and holding the executive to account
• Delegated legislation: why it is made and how it is supervised
• Precedent and the South Australian court hierarchy
• Statutory interpretation and the courts-parliament relationship
• Influencing law-makers and protecting the rights of groups and individuals
• Features of the adversary system: burden and standard of proof, judge and parties
• Rules of evidence and pre-trial procedures
• Criminal law principles and resolving criminal disputes with and without a trial
• Civil disputes: negligence, remedies and alternative dispute resolution
• Juries: role, strengths and weaknesses
• Adversarial versus inquisitorial systems and access to justice
• Origins and key features of the Australian Constitution: division of powers and constitutional monarchy
• The High Court, constitutional change and referendums
• When rights collide: protecting rights, enforcing obligations and resolving conflicts
• Competing tensions: building a balanced, synthesised argument
• Part A response to sources and Part B extended response technique