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

Legislation

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

Crime in Society

Queensland Police Home Page
Australian Criminal Justice Statistics

Law of Torts

Defamation Information

Consumers and the Law

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

Jobs and the Law

Occupational Health and Safety
Workcover - Information about Workers Compensation

Family Law

Family Court of Australia

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