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Topic : Areas of law

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Chapter 1 : Criminal law and civil law

In Australia the legal system is divided up into general areas of criminal and civil law
Criminal law involves the State punishing people for acts such as murder assault, or theft
Civil law cases involve relations between private individuals in society
Criminal law offences are divided into 'summary' and 'indictable' offences
Some offences have both criminal and civil elements, for example in the overlap between murder and wrongful death

Chapter 2 : Sources of law

Chapter 3 : How a bill becomes a statute

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