Hi all,

I am going into year 12 this year and have taken Legal Studies 3/4 without having done 1/2, so I wanted to ask which topics I should cover in 1/2 for background that will help me in 3/4 so I won't be disadvantaged?

Also if anyone has any resources that they could share with me to help me it would be greatly appreciated (my email is Minahilmeh1234@gmail.com)

Thanks in advance!

Hey! I did legal in 2022, and strongly recommend reading my tips and advice post here

In terms of what topics you should learn before commencing 3/4:

  • The principles of justice: Fairness, Equality, Access. These are testable anywhere in Unit 3, so its important to link these concepts to the dot points in the study design
  • Key concepts in the Victorian Criminal/Civil justice system: Burden of proof, standard of proof, presumption of innocence, distinguishing between summary/indictable offences, representative proceedings/class actions.
  • Sanctions, and the purposes of sanctions: The main sanctions (imprisonment, CCOs and fines) and their purposes (punishment, protection, deterrence, denunciation, and rehabilitation)
  • Remedies, and their purposes: Damages (and the types of damages), Injunctions (mandatory and restrictive), which aim to restore the plaintiff to their original position before their rights were infringed/rectify a wrong/compensate a plaintiff for their loss, etc
  • Methods of dispute resolution + Institutions: Mediation, conciliation and arbitration, as well as VCAT.
  • Reasons for a court hierarchy: Specialisation, Appeals, Administrative convenience, and the doctrine of precedent
  • The 5 express rights + their constitutional sections

All of this is repeated again in 3/4, but considering you haven't done 1/2 I think this would be helpful 😃

    successismygoal thank you so much for this, this is really helpful! 🙂
    sorry for the bother but do you by any chance have your units 1/2 online textbook that you could possibly send to me (as I do not have one), sorry!

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        chemistry1111

        I believe this is statute law, however am fairly confident that this level of knowledge is not required in the study design. Hope that helps 🙂

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