Week 4- finding, reading, interpreting the law

IRAC

IRAC a widely used and straightforward framework for legal analysis. It offers a clear, structured approach to solving legal problems. The acronym stands for issue, rule, application and conclusion.

Legal resources are generally classified into two categories, what are those catagories?

Primary- the main primary sources are statutes (legislation) and case law, which stem from decisions made by courts and tribunals, resulting in judgements or orders

Secondary-offer commentary and analysis of primary legal materials.

the Australian legal system is built on two main sources:

Legislation and Common Law

Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479

What is the middle number in brackets?

The ‘CLR’?

The Number before CLR?

The number at the end?

The year reference 1992

175 is volume of the law report

CLR- abbreviation of law report series- common law reports

479 is page number

What is a minority or dissenting judgement?

In a case where multiple judges are involved, the judge that disagrees with the majority is this

Case citator vs Case database

citators: Indexes with links

databases: secondary legal sources

What does the shared code of conduct do?

Expectations for professional behaviour, maintaining confidentiality, providing unbiased care and obtaining informed consent.