Basic Legal Concepts - created from Mind Map

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Meaning of law

Customs, Rules and law

Values and ethics

Characteristics of just laws

Nature of justice: quality, fairness access

Procedural fairness

Rule of law

Anarchy/Tyranny

Universal: applies constantly and consistently

Sovereign power: a person or institue that has the authority to make laws (Parliament)

Australia - Democratic

Customs: behaviour set through tradition - passed down gen to gen

Rules and laws: universal, enforced by state, more enforceable than customs, punishment applied e.g. fines

Values: reflected in law,

Ethics: what society considers right and wrong