Impact of External Factors on Achievement of Justice in Local Australian Courts

Human Right

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1. Reasons Why Achievement of Justice is Affected in Local Australian Courts by Various
Factors..........................................................................................................................................3
2. Why Such External Factors Can Come to Affect a Singular Group or Community............5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Human rights pertain to the fundamental moral norms or principles that come to describe
certain standards of human behaviour that are cited as natural legal rights of all human beings
and are thus protected and ensured though national and international regulations and laws by
justice courts (Alston, 2017). This report analyses two main topics – “The achievement of justice
in the Local Court is affected by factors including the high volume of cases and the pressure to plead
guilty. The focus on efficiency means that justice is often compromised” and “the effect on one
vulnerable group i.e. one group in the community who already suffer disadvantage. Why do these
factors affect this group in particular?”
MAIN BODY
1. Reasons Why Achievement of Justice is Affected in Local Australian Courts by Various
Factors
It has become increasingly evident to all people involved in the legal processes of a
country that external factors such as high increasing volume of cases, pressure of pleading guilty,
an emphasis on efficiency, sentencing discounts on guilty plea etc., and other external factors
come to significantly impact and affect the achievement of justice in local courts of Australia,
with these factors meaning that to pursuit of justice is often compromised within local Australian
courts. This is quite true as because such factors place increased pressure on local Australian
courts towards increasing the overall efficiency with which they conduct their daily operations,
which means that the local courts in their efforts to achieve increased operational efficiency can
compromise their pursuit of justice, which has numerous significantly negative and adverse
implications for the local courts of Australia and the public perception of how justice is served
within the country (Mack, K. & Roach Anleu, S. (2007)). The main reasons as to why external
factors come to affect and influence the operations of local Australian courts are as follows:
Increased number of Cases: The overall population of Australia stands at approximately 2.5
crore, with the Australian population increasing steadily in the 21st century. This means that due
to the increased number of citizens that now live in Australia, its legal systems and justice courts