Law of AustraliaModule 2
Constitutional government and public institutions: Parliament, the executive, responsible government, the separation of powers, the High Court and elections
Australia combines two ideas: the British tradition of responsible government, in which ministers sit in Parliament and must keep its confidence, and the American idea of a federal constitution with a strict separation of judicial power and a supreme court that enforces it. The result is a system that is easier to understand if you ask a few questions in order: who makes the law (Parliament), who carries it out (the executive), who decides disputes about it (the courts), and who keeps each of them within its limits (the High Court and the voters). This module takes those questions in turn, ending with the electoral rules that give the system its democratic base.
This course explains the law of Australia, not US law. Rules that look the same elsewhere may be different.
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