Additional Resources
Summary of legal cases
Chapter 1 Legal toolkit
Chapter 1 Legal toolkit
1.1 Understanding the VCE legal studies course
Chapter 1 Legal toolkit
1.2 Setting yourself up for success in VCE legal studies
Chapter 1 Legal toolkit
1.3 Tips for success on assessment tasks
Annotated sample answers – Unit 1
This handy guide provides practical tips to help you answer structured questions in Legal Studies assessment tasks and includes a range of ...
Annotated sample answers – Unit 2
This handy guide provides practical tips to help you answer structured questions in Legal Studies assessment tasks and includes a range of ...
How to understand the structure of Legal Studies exam questions
This video tutorial will help you understand how questions on common Legal Studies assessment tasks are structured. In order to do well on ...
Chapter 1 Legal toolkit
1.4 Mastering legal citation
How to cite legal cases and Acts of Parliament
This video tutorial will help you master legal citation and understand how to cite different types of legal cases and Acts of Parliament...
1.4 How to find and understand acts and cases
A worksheet to help you practise your skills at identifying and understanding different acts and legal cases using legal citation.
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
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Chapter 1 Legal toolkit
1.5 Careers in the law
Unit 1 Guilt and liability
Chapter 2 Introduction to Unit 1 – Guilt and liability
Chapter 2 Introduction to Unit 1 – Guilt and liability
2.1 The meaning of laws
2.1 Check your learning
A write-in answer sheet for the Check your learning questions and tasks in this topic
Introduction to Unit 1
This video tutorial will give you a brief overview of the topics and concepts that will be covered in Unit 1 of VCE Legal Studies.
What is law?
In this video, Michael Kirby (Former Justice of the High Court), Susan Kenny (Justice of the Federal Court of Australia) and Betty King (Fo...
What is law?
This video worksheet supports the video What is law?
Chapter 2 Introduction to Unit 1 – Guilt and liability
2.2 History of Australia’s political and legal structures
Chapter 2 Introduction to Unit 1 – Guilt and liability
2.3 Parliaments in Australia
2.3 Check your learning
A write-in answer sheet for the Check your learning questions and tasks in this topic
2.3 The parliamentary system
A worksheet to help you build on your understanding of the parliamentary system in Australia.
Political parties (Parliamentary Education Office)
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Three levels of law-making
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Chapter 3 Legal foundations
Chapter 3 Legal foundations
3.1 Social cohesion and the rights of individuals
3.1 Check your learning
A write-in answer sheet for the Check your learning questions and tasks in this topic
Introduction to Chapter 3
This video tutorial will give you a brief introduction to the legal concepts you'll be learning about in Chapter 3.
Scanlon-Monash Index of Social Cohesion
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