The main feature of Australian Legal System

1. Westminster system

2. Constitutional Moncrachy

3. A federal system of government

3.1. sepreation of powers

3.1.1. Legislature: the power to interpret the law

3.1.2. Judiciary: the power to make the law

3.1.3. Executive:the power to enforce the law

3.2. Division of power

3.2.1. exclusive- powers that can only be exercised by Commonwealth parliament Section 90, 92, 114 & 115

3.2.2. residual- powers shared between Commonwealth & State parliament S. 51

3.2.3. concurrent- powers left to the State governments (Not in the constitution)

4. Bicameral Parliament

5. quize