PLZ help. Was sick 4 law & Society, and know no cases (1 Viewer)

[Smartie87]

hey guys i was sick and not at skool 4 the majority of law n society. does ne 1 think they can help with some cases, both domestic and international??

 

[Meldrum]

It's all in your text.
You need to know 5 types:

- Common Law
- Statute Law
- International Conventions
- Documents, and
- Media

Good luck.

 

[manifestation]

some media report/documents for you:

Topic: Law and Society “Uproar over teen killers’ sentence”
Source: www.smh.com.au
Date: April 13th, 2005
Analysis of significance:
Relates to syllabus dot points:
· The essential influences on the law
- Social, moral influences
This article relates to essential influences on law of the law and society syllabus. Sentences handed down to four youths who bashed to death a teenager in an unprovoked attack are being criticised and appealed. Society does not see justice being served when the worst offender being sentenced to five years could be out early next year due to time already served. Society wants the law to reflect its views and tougher penalties to be applied to this and similar offences. These penalties reflect minimum social and moral influences on the law, are inconsistent with society’s views, and are not protecting the rights of the victim and victim’s family in receiving justice.

Topic: Law and Society “Judge snored but no action to be taken”
Source: www.smh.com.au
Date: April 26th, 2005
Analysis of Significance:
Relates to syllabus dot points:
· Nature of justice
- Fairness
This article is an example of a victim of an alleged rape who was denied a fair hearing due to the judge falling asleep while evidence was being presented. Due to the judge falling asleep he/she may have been unable to sufficiently hear the evidence being presented and therefore may not have handed down an appropriate sentence. This is unfair to the victim, as she is not receiving a fair and consistent trial where she may have been denied justice.

 

[ManlyChief]

some media report/documents for you:

Topic: Law and Society “Uproar over teen killers’ sentence”
Source: www.smh.com.au
Date: April 13th, 2005
Analysis of significance:
Relates to syllabus dot points:
· The essential influences on the law
- Social, moral influences
This article relates to essential influences on law of the law and society syllabus. Sentences handed down to four youths who bashed to death a teenager in an unprovoked attack are being criticised and appealed. Society does not see justice being served when the worst offender being sentenced to five years could be out early next year due to time already served. Society wants the law to reflect its views and tougher penalties to be applied to this and similar offences. These penalties reflect minimum social and moral influences on the law, are inconsistent with society’s views, and are not protecting the rights of the victim and victim’s family in receiving justice.

Topic: Law and Society “Judge snored but no action to be taken”
Source: www.smh.com.au
Date: April 26th, 2005
Analysis of Significance:
Relates to syllabus dot points:
· Nature of justice
- Fairness
This article is an example of a victim of an alleged rape who was denied a fair hearing due to the judge falling asleep while evidence was being presented. Due to the judge falling asleep he/she may have been unable to sufficiently hear the evidence being presented and therefore may not have handed down an appropriate sentence. This is unfair to the victim, as she is not receiving a fair and consistent trial where she may have been denied justice.

It's great you actually go out and collect these sort of articles to augment what you study ... but ... I notice that in both cases you seem to really agree with the tenor of the articles, e.g. "Society wants the law to reflect its views and tougher penalties to be applied to this and similar offences" without actually questioning whether these views stand up to scrutiny. That is, I think critical evaluation of the views expressed would be useful, yes "Society wants the law to reflect its views and tougher penalties to be applied to this and similar offences" but does this mean that the law should represent society's views? Asking some of these questions (and answering them of course!) will really help your understanding of issues - at least I think so.

This is not a negative criticism - just a suggestion, food for thought as it were. I think your preparation for the exams looks superb.

 

[manifestation]

Oh yeah definately i agree totally, that's just like a general summary, i would definately go into more depth with evaluation and relate to the question more. Thanks