Introduction Where does Australian law come from? This essay looks at how Australian law originated. The past and the present is explored which provides an insight into the hierarchy of laws within Australia specifically the Commonwealth law, the individual State laws and common law. The last part of the essay explains the differences between two common classification of laws; civil and criminal law. The History The law in use in Australia is mostly based on …showed first 75 words of 1858 total…

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