Year 8 Civics Terminology

A law made by parliament. Also referred to as an Act of Parliament or statute. is .......

• Precedent 

• Legislation 

• Bill 

• Democracy 

A legal principle that must be followed by magistrates and judges in lower courts, in the same hierarchy, in cases where the facts are similar. is .......

• liberal democracy

• statute law

• precedent

• bill

A ____ is a proposed law.

A _________ is a system of government in which people have the power to determine how they will be ruled, and elect a parliament to make and implement law on their behalf.

• Democracy

• Liberal democracy 

• Representative Democracy 

• Federalism

A system of government in which the people vote to elect the parliaments and governments that make and implement to law.

• Democracy 

• Representative Democracy 

• Liberal democracy 

• Federalism 

A system of government that aims to protect individual rights and freedoms and place limits n the level of government control or interference. is a .....

• Federalism

• Democracy 

• Representative Democracy 

• Liberal democracy 

Approval given by the Governor-General as a representative of the crown for a Bill to become official law.

• Federalism

• Common law 

• Royal assent 

• Statute Law

Laws made by judges or the courts.

• Common law 

• Statute Law

Laws that are made and passed by parliament

• Statute law 

• Common law 

__________ is the elected members of parliament who make decisions for a nation or state. It is made up of the party or coalition that has won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives.