Basic Legal Concepts

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Across
  1. 2. a set of rules imposed on all members of a community that are officially recognised, binding and enforceable by persons or organisations such as the police and/or courts
  2. 3. a penalty imposed on those who break the law, usually in the form of a fine or punishment
  3. 4. the legal principle of upholding generally accepted rights and enforcing responsibilities, ensuring that equal outcomes are achieved for those involved
  4. 6. regulations or principles governing procedure or controlling conduct
  5. 9. treating everyone in the same way
  6. 10. the state or quality of being equal; that is, of having the same rights or status
  7. 11. System the system of courts, prosecutors and police within a country
  8. 12. a politically independent country
  9. 15. rule by a single leader holding absolute power in a state
  10. 16. the right or opportunity to make use of something
  11. 17. the absence of laws and government
  12. 18. Incapax (Latin) ‘incapable of wrong’; the presumption that a child under 10 years of age cannot be held legally responsible for their actions and cannot be guilty of a criminal or civil offence
Down
  1. 1. freedom from bias, dishonesty or injustice; a concept commonly related to everyday activities
  2. 5. collective habits or traditions that have developed in a society over a long period of time
  3. 6. of Law the principle that nobody is above the law;
  4. 7. Law principles and procedures that have developed through general usage according to the customs of a people or nation, or groups of nations, and are treated as obligatory
  5. 8. principles, standards or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable within a society
  6. 13. rules or standards directing the behaviour of a person or the members of a profession; (2) a major branch of philosophy that investigates the nature of values and of right and wrong conduct
  7. 14. Fairness the body of principles used to ensure the fairness and justice of the decision-making procedures of courts; in Australia, it generally refers to the right to know the case against you and to present your case, the right to freedom from bias by decision-makers and the right to a decision based on relevant evidence