Below is a list of links that you may find useful for research purposes whilst studying the Senior Legal Studies course in Queensland, Australia. Resources are grouped by category. This page was last updated on January 11, 2004.
To the right are downloadable files with lots of worksheets relating to the Queensland Year 11 Legal Studies Course. To download, just click on the gavel next to the topic that interests you. Once you have downloaded the files, you will need WINZIP to decompress the files and Microsoft Word to read them. These files are suitable for both teachers and students. Approximate size is 25 kilobytes.
Links
Government Information
Westminster System
Australia's Parliament
Parliamentary Education Office Information about Elections, House of
Representatives and the Senate
Queensland Parliament Home Page
Australian Parliament
Hansard
Constitution Act
Queensland Acts of
Parliament
Commonwealth
Legislation
Australia's Court System
Queensland Courts Home Page including information about
magistrates courts, the district court, the supreme court and the jury system.
Federal Court of
Australia
High Court of Australia
Family Court of Australia
Bar Association of Queensland
Court Judgments
Queensland Police Home Page
Australian Criminal Justice Statistics
Queensland Consumer Affairs
ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission)
Renting and Buying a Dwelling
Residential Tenancies Authority
Real Estate Institute of Qld (REIQ) Online
Queensland Building Tribunal
Occupational Health and Safety
Workcover - Information about Workers Compensation
Family Law
Justice and Legal Rights
Justice Research in
Queensland
Legal Aid Issues
Australian Law Reform Commission
Crime and Misconduct
Commission (Ex CJC)
Miscellaneous Legal Pages
Queensland Driving Law
Web Law
Youth Legal Rights
Australian Legal Institute Includes a Searchable Database of
Australian Case Law
Rominger Legal (USA Site)
Computer Law Services (Includes latest legal headlines)
Australian Newspapers
Online
Queensland Law Society