Australian law

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Australian law is the legal system of the Commonwealth of Australia, comprising federal, state, and territory laws derived from the British common law tradition and Australian legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system
country Australia
dateOfConstitutionCommencement 1901
derivedFrom English common law
followsLegalTradition common law
governs administrative law in Australia
civil law in Australia
commercial law in Australia
constitutional law in Australia
criminal law in Australia
environmental law in Australia
family law in Australia
labour law in Australia
property law in Australia
hasBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
hasComponent federal law of Australia
state law of Australia
territory law of Australia
hasCourt Family Court of Australia
Family Court of Australia
surface form: Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

Federal Court of Australia
district courts of Australia
magistrates’ courts
surface form: magistrates courts of Australia

state supreme courts of Australia
hasJurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
hasLegalProfession barristers in Australia
solicitors in Australia
hasLegislature Parliament of Australia
hasLevel Commonwealth level
state level
territory level
hasSource case law
delegated legislation
statute law
hasSubnationalLegislature legislative assemblies of the Australian territories
parliaments of the Australian states
hasSupremeLaw Australian Constitution
surface form: Constitution of Australia
highestCourt High Court of Australia
influencedBy United Kingdom law
international law
legalSystemType federal system
recognisesDoctrine doctrine of precedent
parliamentary sovereignty (within constitutional limits)
responsible government
separation of powers
recognisesHeadOfStateRole monarch of Australia
recognisesRepresentativeOfMonarch Governor-General of Australia
usesLanguage English

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Christmas Island legalSystem Australian law
Acts of the Parliament of South Australia legalSystem Australian law
this entity surface form: Australian legal system
Territory of Papua usedLegalSystem Australian law
Australian territorial sea regulatedBy Australian law
this entity surface form: Australian federal legislation
Curtin Law School jurisdictionFocus Australian law