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PART 1 – AN INTRODUCTION TO LAW                                            

Gibson & Fraser: Chapters 1 – 3

 
1.1        PRELIMINARIES
What is law? 
What are the functions/purposes of law?
 
How can law be classified? 
•         Civil / Criminal
•         Case / Statute
•         Common law / Equity / various meanings of “common law�
 
 
1.2        THE AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
             1.2.1     Courts of law in Western Australia
                         Australian Courts exercising civil jurisdiction
•         High Court of Australia
•         Federal Court of Australia
•         WA Supreme Court
•         District Court
•         Magistrate Court
            
                         Jurisdiction of the Courts......

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