Introduction to the Australian Legal System Assignment

Assignment Task

Task Description

• Students are to review the attached court case conducted within the NSW court system and answer the questions outlined in this task.
•  A media report of the case has been provided as well as the NSW case report. (The media report is intended for background information. The primary source of information for this report should be the NSW case report)
• Students are also required to use independent research for this task.
• Students can use the unit PowerPoint slides contained on Moodle, the student workbook (found at the top of the unit home page on Moodle) as well as independent research.
• Correct Western Sydney Harvard referencing must be displayed throughout the report.

Task Question

Students are to review the following NSW court cases and associated Media articles, per the following sequence of events regarding a convicted paedophile Neil Duncan:

Questions

1. Under the heading Introduction

• Write a short introduction which addresses the purpose of this assessment task. Do not put into your introduction any details concerning the facts of the case

2. Under the heading Case Content

• What was the names of the courts which heard the cases?
• What was the name of the judges / magistrates?
• What was the name of the accused?
• What was the date of the final court decision?
• What was the offence in this case?
• Name the section and act where this offence is found.
• Did the accused plead guilty or not guilty?
• What was the name of the crown prosecutor(s) and defence counsel(s)?
• Give a brief description of what occurred in this case (short facts)?
• What was the outcome of the case?

3. Under the heading Technical Content

• Using independent research describe the role of a judge, crown prosecutor, defence counsel and jury in the NSW court system.

4. Under the heading Observations

• In Modules 2.2 and 3 you learnt about the NSW court system, the adversarial system of trial, and the principles of criminal law.
• Two features of the adversarial system of trial are that there are two opposing sides, and it is an oral based system .
• Using independent research briefly discuss how these two features are displayed in NSW court cases.
• A fundamental principle of the criminal law is that a person is “innocent until proven guilty”.
• Using independent research briefly discuss how this principle is demonstrated in NSW court rooms (during trials).

5. Under the heading Conclusion

• Using full sentences write a short conclusion summing up the findings of your report

6. Under the heading Bibliography

List the sources used in your report using correct Harvard referencing. There should be a minimum of three references to receive full marks for this section.

Note: you must provide in text references for any sources you have utilised.

A guide to the Harvard referencing system is given under report layout.

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