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  2. Australian legal system - Wikipedia

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    The reception of English law in Western Australia and South Australia was later deemed by statute to have occurred on 1 June 1829 [12] and 28 December 1836 [13] respectively. The earliest civil and criminal courts established from the beginnings of the colony of New South Wales were rudimentary, adaptive and military in character.

  3. The Laws of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Laws of Australia is an encyclopaedia of the laws of Australia. Published by Lawbook Co. , it is one of the two foremost legal encyclopaedias in Australia, the other being Halsbury's Laws of Australia by LexisNexis. [1] The Laws of Australia, like other legal encyclopaedias, provides a summary on the current state of laws of Australia ...

  4. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South ...

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    A sovereign state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a population for whom it makes decisions in the national interest. [3] According to the Montevideo Convention, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. [4]

  5. List of administrative divisions of South America - Wikipedia

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    It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English. France's territory in South America is French Guiana. The Netherlands' territories in South America are Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. The United Kingdom's territories in South America are the Falklands Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

  6. List of cities in South America - Wikipedia

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    This list includes the fifty largest cities in South America by population within city limits, based on the most recent official census results, estimates, or short-term projections available for all of these cities, which refer to mid-2020 populations, except for those of Chilean cities (2017) and Venezuelan cities (2015).

  7. Law in South America - Wikipedia

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    The law of South America is one of the most unified in the world. All countries but Guyana [1] can be said to follow civil law systems, although recent developments in the law of Brazil suggest a move towards the stare decisis doctrine.

  8. List of South American countries by population - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of South American countries and dependencies by population in South America, total projected population from the United Nations [1] and the latest official figure. Map [ edit ]

  9. States and territories of Australia - Wikipedia

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    1911 – The state of South Australia transfers control of northern central mainland Australia to the federal government, creating the Northern Territory. A small pocket of New South Wales around the city of Canberra is transferred to the federal government (who are seated within it), creating the Federal Capital Territory.