Law in Context
Emeritus Professors Stephen Bottomley and Stephen Parker AO introduce law in a critical way to the general public, current students and those thinking of taking up the subject. They explain the Rule of Law, the Adversarial System of Justice, where law comes from, judges, juries, lawyers and many other topics, include problem areas such as access to justice.
Law in Context
Episode 18 - Federal/State - How It All Works
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Like many countries in the world, Australia is a federation; it has more than one tier of government. In this nail-biting episode, the Two Steves explain how our system came about, with the former colonies being given all legislative powers except to the extent that those powers were given and exercised by the Commonwealth. The territories and local government are further tiers, which seems quite enough for a country of 25 million people.
What can be a baffling year-long unit in a law degree, is explained succinctly by your hosts in 10 minutes! We move from the defence of the realm to the collection of our garbage.
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