Description

Cambridge Legal Studies Stage 6 Fifth Edition continues to provide the most up-to-date and relevant information, legislation, case studies and statistics on all aspects of the law in an accessible, student friendly resource package for NSW Stage 6 Legal Studies.With comprehensive coverage of all core and optional syllabus topics, students can easily grasp the principles of the law and prepare for success in their examinations.

The fifth edition contains:

• updated case studies, media articles, legislation and statistics that reflect recent changes in the law
• new topical case studies in Year 11 including Behrouz Boochani, and the 2019 Christchurch massacre
• even greater exam and assessment preparation support, including dot-point summaries of themes and challenges, chapter summaries, additional exam-style multiple-choice and extended-response questions and more
• updated ‘Review’ and ‘Research’ activities that provide Assessment for Learning* opportunities to help students recognise if their current knowledge and understanding is on track
• an Interactive Textbook that brings legal studies to life through rich media, rollover glossary definitions, interactive activities, extended material and complete coverage of the HSC options.

* As advised by NESA in their “Assessment for Reporting in Legal Studies Stage 6” report.

Contents

Part 1: The legal system
1 Basic legal concepts
2 Sources of contemporary Australian law
3 Classification of law
4 Law reform
5 Law reform in action

Part 2: The individual and the law
6 Your rights and responsibilities
7 Resolving disputes
8 Contemporary issue: The individual and technology

Part 3: Law in practice
Issue 1: Groups or individuals suffering disadvantage
9 Children and young people
10 Women
11 Migrants (digital-only)
12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (digital-only)
13 People who have a mental illness (digital-only)

Issue 2: Events that highlight legal issues
14 The Bali Nine
15 Alcohol and violence (digital-only chapter)
16 The Port Arthur massacre

Issue 3: Individuals or groups in conflict with the state
17 Julian Assange
18 Outlaw motorcycle gangs (digital-only)
19 Behrouz Boochani
20 Mohamed Haneef (digital-only)
21 The Northern Territory National Emergency Response (digital-only)

Issue 4: Criminal or civil cases that raise issues of interest to students
22 The Christchurch massacre
23 Facebook and social media privacy issues