{"id":413,"date":"2022-10-07T09:48:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T23:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=413"},"modified":"2022-11-08T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T02:07:30","slug":"year-12-legal-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=413","title":{"rendered":"Year 12 &#8211; Legal Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:<\/strong> Full Year (20 SACE credits)<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\">HASS<a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\"> Leader<\/a><\/a><br><br><strong>Recommended Background<\/strong><br><br>Grade C or higher in Stage 1 English or Stage 1 English Literary Studies. <br><br>Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Legal Studies is recommended.<br><br><strong>Course Description<\/strong><br><br>Stage 2 Legal Studies focuses on the operation of Australia&#8217;s legal system including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sources of Law<\/li><li>Dispute Resolution<\/li><li>The Constitution (Optional Topic 1)<\/li><li>When Rights Collide (Optional Topic 2).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Students learning includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Understanding legal principles and processes<\/li><li>Understanding ways that legal systems balance competing interests or tensions<\/li><li>The development of civic literacy<\/li><li>The development of skills in critical analysis and application of legal principles, processes and concepts to case studies, the law and or issues<\/li><li>Communicating and evaluating legal arguments to make informed recommendations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assessment<\/strong><br><br>Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.<br><br><strong>School-based Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Folio (50%): Four tasks<\/li><li>Inquiry (20%): One individual Inquiry into a contemporary legal issue of student interest.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>External Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Examination (30%).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length: Full Year (20 SACE credits)Contact: HASS Leader Recommended Background Grade C or higher in Stage 1 English or Stage 1 English Literary Studies. Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Legal Studies is recommended. Course Description Stage 2 Legal Studies focuses on the operation of Australia&#8217;s legal system including: Sources of Law Dispute Resolution The Constitution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions\/896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}