Law in Action

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Across
  1. 4. a person who agrees to pay another person's debt if they are unable or unwilling to pay themselves
  2. 8. the practice of putting an offender to death as punishment for a crime
  3. 9. a method of resolving disputes where a neutral third party helps to negotiate a solution acceptable to both sides. The third party can suggest possible solutions
  4. 11. the person who brings forward an action in a civil case
  5. 14. incapable of wrong
  6. 18. the last person executed by hanging in Australia
  7. 20. the age at which you can leave school if you have successfully applied for an exemption and you have a job lined up
  8. 24. the group of three Guantanamo detainees from Tipton, England
  9. 25. a meeting between a youth offender, their victim, and their relevant support people
  10. 27. the age at which you can leave school
  11. 29. guilty mind
  12. 34. a task you are required or expected to do
  13. 35. a type of punishment whereby the offender agrees to display good behaviour for a set time or they will forfeit a sum of money and be sentenced for the original offence
  14. 36. guilty act
Down
  1. 1. the failure to exercise proper care, which could result in another person being injured or suffering a risk
  2. 2. a method of resolving disputes whereby an impartial third party decides on a settlement arrangement that is binding on the parties to the dispute
  3. 3. systems of governance in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
  4. 5. the ability of a person to do something
  5. 6. a formal warning that may be given to persons aged 18 or over who admit to committing an offence
  6. 7. a person under 18 years of age
  7. 10. the area of law that deals with non-criminal matters involving disputes between individuals and organisations
  8. 12. a legally binding agreement
  9. 13. the age at which you can get a tattoo
  10. 15. the Australian body responsible for investigating infringements of Australia's anti-discrimination legislation
  11. 16. the age of criminal responsibility
  12. 17. a document adopted in 1948 containing 30 human rights
  13. 19. when a third party helps those involved in a dispute to negotiate a solution acceptable to both sides
  14. 21. the area of law involving cases where the parliament has declared some action to be illegal
  15. 22. something that may serve as an example or rule to be followed in the future
  16. 23. a moral or legal entitlement to do something
  17. 26. a penalty available in children's criminal proceedings whereby the young offender is held at a Youth Justice Centre
  18. 28. the person to be charged with an alleged criminal offence
  19. 30. a person who is injured or killed by another
  20. 31. the UN convention established in 1989 focusing on children's rights
  21. 32. a person who gives evidence in court
  22. 33. the last name of an Australian Guantanamo detainee captured in late 2001 in Afghanistan