Role of the Judicial Arm of Government

Judicial power is...

• The power to hear and determine disputes in court

• The power to enforce the law

• The power to initiate, debate, enact, amend and scrutinise legislation

• The power of the Chief Justice

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of judicial power?

• To have the authority to decide the legality of arguments

• To impose a sentence, remedy or binding ruling at the conclusion of a dispute

• To alter the meaning of existing laws through interpretation in court

• To create new laws after being delegated the sovereignty of the people

Judicial independence means that the judiciary must be completely independent of undue influence from...

• Just the executive and legislative branches

• From any other party, including other judges, and the other branches of government

• The Prime Minister

• The High Court

Judges are appointed by:

• Themselves

• The Governor-General

• The Cabinet

• The Chief Justice of the High Court

Which section of the Constitution deals with how Justices are appointed?

• Section 71

• Section 73

• Section 76

• Section 72

What protects judges from being removed by the executive or legislative if they make an unpopular decision in court?

• Constitutionalism

• The rule of law

• Secure tenure

• Parliamentary privilege

Judges can only be removed by:

• them being sued under civil law by ordinary Australians

• proven grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour decided by a joint sitting of parliament

• having their cases appealed and being reviewed by a higher court

• the Prime Minister

The Highest court in the Australian Court hierarchy is...

• The High Court

• The Supreme Court

• The Federal Court

• The Magistrates Court

Which of the following is NOT a reason the judiciary is divided into a court hierarchy?

• To enable a division of work between courts for efficiency

• To assign cases to courts that specialise in particular legal areas

• To enable a system of appeals for superior courts to review the decisions of courts lower in the hierarchy

• To assign financial costs to each court in the hierarchy to increase the expense for people accessing the legal system

The type of law made in the courts is known as:

• Statute law

• Delegated legislation

• Common law