Australia Act 1986

Privy Council (Limitation of Appeals) Act 1968

Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act 1975

Privy Council (Abolition of Appeals) Act 1982

goes against parliamentary sovereignty

plainly wrong

 unconstitutional

harmful to wildlife

Barristers and solicitors are functionally separate branches of the profession but there is no difference between them as a matter of law

Solicitors do not have rights of appearance in Victorian courts

Barristers and solicitors are divided components of the profession as a matter of law

It is a fused profession, meaning no substantive differences between barristers and solicitors

A court is always bound by its previous decisions

A court will only depart from its previous decisions with reluctance

A decision of an inferior court can be persuasive but not binding

Each court is bound by decisions of superior courts in its hierarchy

that a government is bound by any decisions of a previous government

that the government and its officers can act only in accordance with the law

that the legal system in Australia cannot be altered except by referendum

that statutes must always be subordinate to common law decisions

That it continues to be bound by decisions from the Privy Council that relate to countries which inherited UK common law

That no court in Australia was bound by decisions from the Privy Council any longer

That it continues to be bound by decisions from the House of Lords

That State Supreme Courts of Appeal should not treat themselves as strictly bound by their own previous decisions

Jurisprudence is another name for ‘Critical Legal Theory’, which observes that ‘all law is politics’.

Jurisprudence is another word for ‘theories of law’ and is a branch of philosophy.

Jurisprudence is another word for ‘Common Law’, which has formed the basis of Law in Australia and many other former British colonies.

Jurisprudence is the requirement for a jury to be careful in criminal law cases where the decision needs to be made ‘beyond reasonable doubt’.

examines the reasons for inequality between the sexes

is the study of women's superiority

only has women as its proponents

is concerned with the morality of law

The Westminster system

Representative government

Separation of Powers

Federalism

The Court will consider the approaches of courts in other jurisdictions

The Court will decide the issue without any reference to any other previous legal material

The Court will consider previous legal authority on similar or related issues, broader legal principles and public policy

The Court will decide that the dispute is outside its jurisdiction and request that parliament legislate on the issue