Which of the following statements best defines ‘judicial conservatism’ and its impact on the ability of courts to make law?
Judicial conservatism is a philosophy where judges are willing to overturn existing precedents and create new laws, thus expanding the courts’ law-making ability.
Judicial conservatism is an approach where judges favour maintaining existing laws and precedents, which can limit the extent to which courts create new legal principles.
Judicial conservatism refers to judges actively seeking opportunities to intervene in political matters, thereby increasing the courts’ influence on law-making.
Judicial conservatism is a practice of judges consistently ruling against government legislation, thus forcing parliament to reconsider and amend laws more frequently.
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The study of Australia’s laws and legal system includes an understanding of institutions that make and reform our laws. In this unit, students explore how the Australian Constitution establishes the law-making powers of the Commonwealth and state parliaments, and how it protects the Australian people through structures that act as a check on parliament in law-making. Students develop an understanding of the significance of the High Court in protecting and interpreting the Australian Constitution. They investigate parliament and the courts, and the relationship between the two in law-making, and consider the roles of the individual, the media and law reform bodies in influencing changes to the law, and past and future constitutional reform. Throughout this unit, students apply legal reasoning and information to actual and/or hypothetical scenarios.
The Australian Constitution establishes Australia’s parliamentary system and provides mechanisms to ensure that parliament does not make laws beyond its powers. Parliament is the supreme law-making body, and courts have a complementary role to parliament in making laws. Courts can make laws through the doctrine of precedent and through statutory interpretation when determining cases. In this area of study, students examine the ways in which the Australian Constitution acts as a check on parliament in law-making, and factors that affect the ability of parliament and courts to make law. They explore the relationship between parliament and courts in law-making and consider the capacity of both institutions to make law.
factors that affect the ability of courts to make law, including: • the doctrine of precedent • judicial conservatism and judicial activism • costs and time in bringing a case to court • the requirement for standing.
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