Politics and Law - Terminology

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Last updated 3:00 AM on 10/16/22
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Representative Democracy
________: A political system in which eligible citizens vote for candidates to legislate on their behalf.
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Australia
________ became a federation on January 1, 1901.
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Referendum
________: a vote to change the wording of the constitution.
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Plebiscite
________: a vote on an issue that does not affect the constitution.
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Jurisdiction
________: the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice.
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Dissent
________: have /will not come to a conclusion.
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Republic
________: a system of government where the head of state is also the head of government.
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Judicial Power
________: adjudicating the law and ensuring that people who dont follow the law are being punished.
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Federation
________: the action of forming states and territories into a single group with centralised control /power.
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Residual Laws
________: not mentioned in the constitution.
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Federal Arrangement
________: where there is one central government that legislates for the entire country and a number of regional or provincial governments that legislate for their own regions.
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Specific Laws
________: legislative powers outlined in the constitution (i.e.
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Australia
________ is an example of a constitutional monarchy.
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Jurisdiction
the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice
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Specific Laws
legislative powers outlined in the constitution (i.e
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Exclusive Laws
these powers that are specified in the constitution that only the Commonwealth can legislate in
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Concurrent Laws
specific powers mentioned in the constitution that are shared with the states, meaning that the states and the Commonwealth can both legislate in these areas
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Residual Laws
not mentioned in the constitution
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Out of bounds to the Commonwealth
can not legislate on them
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Westminster system
British parliamentary system
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The Wash-minster mutation
combines the US and Uk systems
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Friendly senate
a senate where the government has a majority
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Hostile senate
a senate where the opposition has a majority
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Hostile senate
a senate where the opposition has a majority
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Federal Arrangement
where there is one central government that legislates for the entire country and a number of regional or provincial governments that legislate for their own regions
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Federation
the action of forming states and territories into a single group with centralised control/power
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Constitutional Monarchy
A system of government with a reigning monarch who is the Head of State, but their power is limited by a constitution
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Representative Democracy
A political system in which eligible citizens vote for candidates to legislate on their behalf
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Republic
a system of government where the head of state is also the head of government
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Plebiscite
a vote on an issue that does not affect the constitution
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Referendum
a vote to change the wording of the constitution
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Dissent
have/will not come to a conclusion
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Parliament
The upper and lower house, and the Crown
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Legislative Power
law making
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Executive Power
carrying out/executing the law
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Judicial Power
adjudicating the law and ensuring that people who dont follow the law are being punished