Posted: April 28th, 2015

Hight Court

ELEMENT 1:
‘PLAN’
150 – 200 words; no leeway.
3 marks

ELEMENT 2:
‘ESSAY’
1300 words; 10% leeway excluding citations, quotations, footnotes and
bibliography.

Discuss why a High Court decision that a recently enacted statute is unconstitutional would be seen by a government as a more serious set-back to its legislative reform programme than a decision by a judge of a State Supreme Court interpreting the meaning of a key provision in the statute in a manner
contrary to the Government’s intentions, as demonstrated by the speech of the responsible Minister when he/she introduced the proposed legislation to Parliament.

Reference style in accordance with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation(AGLC)