Report On Political System Of Australia

   

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Report on Political System of Australia 1Political and Legal System of Australia
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Report on Political System of Australia 2Table of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3Part A: Report on the legal systems and structures of Australia and the state of Victoria:.......4The Constitution.....................................................................................................................41 Relationship between States and Commonwealth...........................................................42 Remunerated and residual powers...................................................................................43 The Governor General and Governor..............................................................................5Legislature - Law-Making Systems:......................................................................................55 Structure of Parliament....................................................................................................56 Electorates and Election Procedures:...............................................................................67 Processes for Passing Legislation:...................................................................................6Judiciary:....................................................................................................................................78 Names of Courts and court hierarchy..............................................................................79 Court jurisdictions - original / appellate, criminal / Civil, State / Federal:......................810 Types of Legal Personnel (Judges, Juries, Lawyers):....................................................8Explanation of the Adversarial System:.............................................................................912 Doctrine of Precedent and the creation of Common Law:............................................9Executives with the Political and Legal System of Australia:.............................................1013 Prime Minister and Ministers......................................................................................1014 Role of the Executive...................................................................................................1015 Government Departments and Public Servants...........................................................10Part B: Comparison between Law-Making Systems & Legal Structures of Shri Lanka and Australia:..................................................................................................................................12Conclusion................................................................................................................................13References................................................................................................................................14
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Report on Political System of Australia 3IntroductionThe aim of the report is to understand political system of Australia. Different branches ofconstitution, legislature, executive and judiciary are highlighted and discussed in this report.It also analyzes the role of criminal law within the society along with the discussion of rightsand duties under this law of individuals. This report is helpful to understand differentcomponents of a valid contract and the remedies available to any party in case of breach ofcontract by the counter party.
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Report on Political System of Australia 4Part A: Report on the legal systems and structures of Australia and the state ofVictoria:The Constitution1 Relationship between States and CommonwealthThe sovereign nations have an association, wherein they support and help each other andwork towards attaining common goals. This body is also known as Commonwealth.Commonwealth countries work together and share common heritage in culture, language, lawand democratic values. Commonwealth has no formal constitutional system (CommonwealthGovernance for Development, 2017).Australia is a federal parliamentary democracy. The Australian constitution, the institutionsand the government practices are influenced by the North American and British models.However, the Australian model is unique too. In Australia, there exists three levels ofgovernment: the federal government, the state government and the local government. Theconstitution of Australia has established federal government which forms the basis ofCommonwealth-State relation (Treasury Corporation of Victoria, 2017).The Commonwealthparliament can take decisions related to extern al affairs, defence, trade and commerce,banking, taxation and currency. The economic management of Australia is monitored by theCommonwealth parliament. It is responsible for income tax and general revenue grants(grants paid by Commonwealth to States).
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