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Its legal institutions and traditions are substantially derived from that of the English legal system, which superseded Indigenous Australian customary law during colonisation. [1] Australia is a common-law jurisdiction, its court system having originated in the common law system of English law. The country's common law is the same across the ...
A range of laws applying to or of specific relevance to Indigenous Australians.A number of laws have been passed since the European settlement of Australia, initially by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, then by the Governors or legislature of each of the Australian colonies and more recently by the Parliament of Australia and that of each of its States and Territories, these laws ...
The Constitution is the primary, but not exclusive, source of Australian constitutional law, alongside constitutional conventions, state constitutions, the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Australia Acts 1986, prerogative instruments and judicial interpretations of these laws by the High Court of Australia.
Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021; Family Law Act 1975; Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2011; Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997; Flags Act 1953; Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018; Freedom of Information Act 1982
This is a list of "laws" applied to various disciplines. These are often adages or predictions with the appellation 'Law', although they do not apply in the legal sense, cannot be scientifically tested, or are intended only as rough descriptions (rather than applying in each case).
"Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws (ALRC Report 31)". Australian Government. Australian Law Reform Commission. 11 June 1986. "Aboriginal Customary Laws and the Notion of 'Punishment' ". Australian Government. Australian Law Reform Commission. 18 August 2010. Morphy, Howard (2003). "Cross-cultural categories, Yolngu science and local ...
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In 1930, the Australian government insisted that Australian-born Isaac Isaacs be appointed. The British government very reluctantly accepted the Australian position that such appointments be made on the advice of the Australian government. Finally, the Constitution provided that any law of the Australian Parliament could be disallowed within a ...