Archive for the ‘Legal Studies’ Category

The NSW Commission for Children and Young People asks: Should the legal drinking age for alcohol be raised from 18 to 21?  you can vote on-line at

http://kids.nsw.gov.au/director//kidzone/kidspoll.cfm

You can also share this poll around by sending it to your favourite social network using the “Share this” tool at the top of the page

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

The Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) at the State Library Of NSW publish a magazine called Hot Topics.  They have a recent issue on Cyberlaw.  It covers consumer protection, privacy, cybercrime, spam and social networking issues, with case studies and sources of further information.  Here is a link to further information about this Hot Topic:  http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/hsc_legal_studies/index.cfm/2009/11/30/cyberlaw

LIAC  has also created a web page for Legal Studies students to help them find information about technology – including the topic of Cyber Security. This page links to websites and good resources on this topic:  http://www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/students_teachers/prelim_indiv_techn.cfm

The HSC Legal Studies section at the State Library of NSW has several posts related to Cyber issues.  These blog posts are relevant to anyone interested in this topic.  You might want to read these posts:  http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/hsc_legal_studies/index.cfm/Cyberlaw

Posted by Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

In an exciting new development, five heavily used chapters of the Law Handbook

are now available in full text (pdf) via the Find Legal Answers website. 

The chapters are: Chapter 1 – About the legal system, Chapter 3 – Accidents and compensation, Chapter 12 – Contracts, Chapter 16 – Criminal law, Chapter 26 – Family law

The chapters can be found under Legal Books Online, at: http://www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/guides/

 Information from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Do you need to know about cyber consumer protection, privacy, cybercrime, spam and social networking issues?  Cyberlaw from the Hot Topics series includes case studies and sources of further information.

You can find the Hot Topics series at your local public library and school libraries.

For a full list of Hot Topics visit Find Legal Answers site at the State Library of NSW

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Are you studying Legal Studies? or are you studying a topic that involves find out about the law? 

 The State Library of NSW has just launched its new Legal Studies website at “find LEGAL answers”   Included on this site is a special HSC Legal Studies blog where you can keep up-to-date with recent news articles of relevance to your studies  HSC Legal Studies: News Watch blog .  The State Library LIAC service also has a new Hot Topics available on International Law.

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Hot Topics
There are two great new recently released Hot Topics:
Human rights and Domestic violence.
Human rights provides an overview of human rights law from its origins and sources, through to the development of modern human rights law. It examines how human rights law operates in Australia, with reference to current issues, and includes the full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and further information resources. It is a great resource for HSC Legal Studies students studying the Human Rights topic.
Domestic violence defines domestic violence, gives a detailed explanation of the law on apprehended violence orders, and discusses other legal remedies. It is a very useful resource for those Legal Studies students studying the Crime or Family topic.
Check these publications out at your school library or local public library
Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library
(from the LIAC E-News November 2008)

The website for NSW legislation has just changed to http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/

The URLs and core functionality are unchanged but there are additional features, in particular the official authorisation of legislation published online, and a more streamlined interface. The new features will be listed in full in a link from the home page.

The NSW legislation website is the official NSW Government site for the online publication of legislation.
The website contains the following features:
The In Force database—NSW legislation in force, both Acts and statutory instruments (regulations etc and environmental planning instruments) that is constantly consolidated and kept up-to-date
Historical versions of current legislation, repealed legislation and historical versions
The As Made database—An archival collection of NSW legislation as made since 1990
Advanced searching and browsing facilities.

Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

at www.liac.sl.nsw.gov.au and click the “for Students” button -

provides Legal Studies students with a wide range of accurate information including research guides and “LIAC Crime Library” with summaries of well-known criminal cases, links to full text court decisions and links for finding local media reports. ALSO don’t forget the FREE local talk at Manly Library on Wednesday 5th March, 2008 from 6.30pm for Legal Studies Students.

Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Current, up-to-date and Australian
Hot Topics 60 and 61 are now available @your local library. Hot Topics 60 is an overview of the Australian legal system, how the law is made, legislature, judiciary and how to find case law. Hot Topics 61 covers Emplyment and the Law with recent changes in the employment landscape such as discrimination, bullying, harassment, and new developments such as Industrial manslaughter.
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Ripped Off? – Ripped Off is a new blog where you get to tell your story about when you’ve been ripped off and what you’ve done about it. – Fair Trading wants to know what problems you have had getting a refund or returning faulty goods. They also want to know any issues you have had with mobile phones, cars and credit card debt. Your stories will enable them to develop further programs to help young people understand their consumer rights. All NSW bloggers go into the draw to win one of ten $100 shopping vouchers so start blogging now!
The Ripped off blog is at : http://www.blogs.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/rippedoff/
If you want to check up on your consumer rights your local library has information in their LIAC collections – there are also brochures available to take home
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library