AC9HC9K04 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

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

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating the roles of judges, lawyers, court officials and juries in criminal and civil trials
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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)
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration exploring how legal aid operates and how it contributes to rights of the accused or victims