AC9HC9K04 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

the role of courts, judges, lawyers and juries in trials, and the rights of the accused and the rights of victims

Elaborations

• 1 investigating the roles of judges, lawyers, court officials and juries in criminal and civil trials
• 2 comparing the rights of the accused with the rights of victims in criminal trials, and the rights of the plaintiff and of a defendant in a civil case
• 3 understanding the role of the police, including state and federal police, in enabling equal access to justice and equal treatment under the law (the rule of law)
• 4 understanding the purpose of civil remedies and the rights of appeal in both criminal and civil cases, and evaluating whether they are applied equally and deliver just outcomes
• 5 investigating potential barriers to equality of access to justice, such as education and literacy, location and proximity to legal avenues, financial constraints, race or ethnicity, especially for First Nations Australians
• 6 exploring how legal aid operates and how it contributes to rights of the accused or victims

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