The main feature of Australian Legal System
by cheng guo
1. Bicameral Parliament
2. Westminster system
3. Constitutional Moncrachy
4. A federal system of government
4.1. sepreation of powers
4.1.1. Legislature: the power to interpret the law
4.1.2. Judiciary: the power to make the law
4.1.3. Executive:the power to enforce the law
4.2. Division of power
4.2.1. exclusive- powers that can only be exercised by Commonwealth parliament Section 90, 92, 114 & 115
4.2.2. residual- powers shared between Commonwealth & State parliament S. 51
4.2.3. concurrent- powers left to the State governments (Not in the constitution)