Australia is a Commonwealth country, meaning that it is an original colony of the British Empire. The British system of law was implemented in may 1787 when the first fleet arrived, ruling the land a Terra Nullius and applying the 'Doctrine of Reception'. It is this doctrine that applied British law to the colonies and the land of Australia which was found to have been wrongly administered in the 1992 decision of the Mabo Case. It was found that for law to properly be administered, the land must have been conquered and then a law of Britain and Indigenous culture implemented.
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The laws Moses brought were The Ten Commandment.
The Code of Hammurabi
Indian laws have came on the back of British Colonial Rule. The court system in India today is very slow but is based around the British court system. Most laws are retained from that era with new laws being brought in by the Indian parliament and Indian governments.
Broadly speaking the powers are separated into 3 areas The Parliament - who make the laws The Executive - Who enforce the laws The judiciary - Who interprate laws and settle disputes. This system is not unique to Australia, and is called the Seperation of Powers.
Well first of all, the british parliament said that australia should federate because when australia didnt fedarate, every where had its own laws. This was when trouble happened. Tourists who came around to other places didnt know the laws and was jailed. After Australia federated, they decided to have a constitution where there is a book full of the laws we use in Australia.
Code of Hammurabi.
The first slaves were brought into Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 during colonial times.
YES. the laws in Australia apply to everyone regardless of race.
Although Australia was under the control of the British Crown from 1770 (when William the Fourth was on the throne) no king was ever styled King of Australia. In 1901 Australia became a self-governing dominion with the British monarch as the constitutional head of state. Thus, the first king of Australia was King Edward VII who ruled Australia from 1901 to 1910. The first Queen of Australia was Queen Victoria who ruled for less than 1 month in 1901.
You have to be 18 to drink in Australia.
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