Legal Studies: Year 11

Search for all the Acts and Statutory Rules in use in Victoria at this current time.

The statute book is like Victorian Law Today, but it also includes Acts and Statutory Rules that were made to amend other Acts. It also holds older records - back to 1st January 1996 as opposed to 1997 from Law Today.

This webpage has links to the Bills before Parliament, notice papers, Hansard, question papers etc. from the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. You can use this site to track the progress of a Bill through Parliament.

This is the go-to site for learning about how Victorian laws are made and the guidelines used.

This page, from the Victorian Bar Association website, lists the laws that govern courts in Victoria, including Juries Legislation and Evidence Law.

This webpage from the Commonwealth department of Public Prosecutions describes how the government protects witnesses and victims of crime during a criminal trial.

This webpage has the DPP's policies, including those relating to: disclosure of evidence, juries, victims and witnesses.

Read about how the Office of Public Prosecutions ensures that criminal cases are fair for the accused, victim(s) and witnesses.

This webpage from the Victorian Legal Aid organisation explains what is involved with going to court and the decisions a judge can make.

This is the webpage for the Commonwealth agency that analyses whether Australia's Criminal Law system is effective. Read about: policing, corrections, deaths in custody and Indigenous over-representation, on this webpage.

The Australian Parliament House website has done all the hard work for you! This page lists all the relevant criminal law legislation, current government and parliamentary reports (i.e. proposed changes to laws) schools of criminology (in Universities) and lots more!

Read about this first level court, what cases it hears and the decisions it can make.

This handbook was written so the public could understand any area of Civil Law in Victoria. You can search for a Law and your rights on this website. We also have the physical Handbook in the VCE resources area of the LRC.

This well-know law firm deals with high profile civil law cases. Read the influential cases that the firm are working on at the moment in their media releases.

Liberty Victoria lobbies government to change laws it deems impact on a person's liberty. Read their submissions to parliament here.