• Morality, ethics and commitment ot the law Effectiveness of the law
• Law reform
  
  Part 2: Crime

  Online lessons on Crime Online lessons on Homicide

  Part 3:
  Only two topics are studied. Most students will study:

  • Workplace law

  Students who transfer from other schools may already have commenced another choice of topic. To help these students information on other topics will also be provided.

  Consumer law

  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
    http://www.accc.gov.au/
    Effectiveness of Consumer law and Consumer law notes by Associate Professor McCabe, Bond University.
    
    Sydney Secondary Distance Education Centre acknowledges with gratitude the contribution made to the Consumer Law section on the school's website by Associate Professor of Law Mr. Bernard McCabe at the Bond University. Associate Professor Mr. McCabe in 2000 lectured at the Legal Studies Conference held at Darling Harbour on the effectiveness of Consumer Law and has allowed this school to publish his work. Thank you Bond University and thank you Associate Professor Mr. McCabe.
    
    Fair Trading Tribunal
    http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au
    Notes and information on Consumer law by Vittoria, 2000
  • NSW Law Reform Commission: Sale of Goods Act
    www.lawliink.nsw.gov.au

  Workplace law
  Unlawful dismissal
  
  Question 29, 1998
  
  Family law
  Hot Topic
  http://www.slnsw.gov.au/liac/family/family.htm
  
  Wesite activities on The family court of Australia by Kate Dally

General Resources Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Distance Education High School acknowledges and is grateful to The Sydney Morning Herald for allowing our students and teachers access to their categorised current events archives.

To gain access to this site, go to www.classroom.smh.com.au. Please ring Vittoria on 9383 0340 for the password.

Inquire also about the half price vouchers for the Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review which are available, from Vittoria, to students at this school.

Online Encyclopaedias
For online encyclopaedias go to http://www.tweedhsie.com/encyclop.html

General Search site

• Australian Government home page
  http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/
  The site is an excellent starting point for research on the Australian Government or an Australian Government Department. Australian Government Parliamentary Education Office home page
  http:/www.aphh.gov.au/
  An excellent source for research and materials on the topics of government, parliament, voting.Australian Law Reform Commission
• http://beta.austlii.edu.au/
• Australian Legal Information Institute-AustLII home page
  http://www.austlii.edu.au/
  A useful starting point for any Legal Studies research or for the obtaining of Australian, state and local legislation, delegated legislation and cases in Australia.The court is open, by Reg Bartley, 4th ed. Redfern Legal Centre, 1996
• Derwent B and Parker M: Fair Enough, A case book for Legal  Studies Students, Longman Cheshire, Sydney, 1994. Note this book is out of print, but could be available in some libraries.
• Foundation Law, an initiative of the Law Society of NSW, Australia
  http://www.fl.ans.au/
  The aim of the site is to provide easy access to a wide range of Australian and international legal materials and bring together the best legal web sites to assist your legal research.How do you plead: representing yourself when charged with drink-driving in New South Wales local courts by David Heilpern, Federation Press, 1995. HSC On-line sitehttp://hsc.csu.edu.au/
  Note the site is similar to, though smaller than the NSW Board of Studies site.If you are arrested, 6th edition, NSW Council for Civil Liberties: Redfern Legal Centre, 1995.Key Australian law sites
  http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/law/aussites.htm The Law Handbook: the easy-to-use practical guide to the law in NSW, 7th ed. Redfern Legal Centre, 1999
  Law Reform Commission The Law Society of NSW
  http://www.lawsocnsw.asn.au/public/rights/
  The site includes a useful section on know your rights and referral locations for community assistance. Lawlink NSW, the NSW Attorney General's Department
  http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/
  An excellent government site on your rights, going to court, crime information and legal problem search facility for residents of New South Wales).Legal Information Access Centre home page
  http://www.slnsw.gov.au/liac/welcome.htm 
  Legal information on legal resources from LIAC centres, public libraries and an index to free legal information pamphlets and booklets, the Hot Topic series, and referral guide for free legal advice and assistance.NSW Board of Studies
  http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ 
  The site includes the syllabus and the previous Higher School Certificate examinations with comments for each subject paper. From the index on the home page scroll down to either the section titled Reading Room or Links to Other Sections. Then, find the subheading titled Legal Studies.NSW Law Reform Commission Rough Deal: your guide to drug laws, by David Heilpern. Redfern Legal Centre, 1998.Surviving rape: a handbook about rape for survivors, family, friends and workers.  3rd edition, the Sydney Rape Crisis Centre, Redfern Legal Centre, 1995.
• Your body, your baby: women's legal rights from conception to birth, Redfern Legal Centre, 1996.