responsibility. victims, offenders and society Students examples of these cases where defences have been used, and discuss report any controversies in terms of or Consider any society’s expectations victim’s rights. examples of recent or suggested law reform. p.12; p.38 Kinloch Sorrell Study skill: Thinking like a lawyer. Examine and practice the skills of inductive and deductive reasoning, abstraction, distinguishing, accepting ambiguity, dispassionate argument and questioning through the use of a case study. Scaffold as a class and write an individual response to: Written response: examples of cases, legislation, media or reports, assess the use of defences to ‘Using criminal charges in achieving justice.’ Resources: Redfern Legal Centre The Law Handbook, media file role of juries, including verdicts evaluate the of earlier work: what is the role of the jury in a criminal trial? Who is the extent to which the law Pre-test/review effectiveness of the eligible for jury duty? Discuss advantages and disadvantages of the jury system. balances the rights of jury system in the Watch Storyline Australia SBS 2004. Teacher commentary victims, offenders and Secrets of the Jury Room criminal trial and student discussion throughout the broadcast. A specific focus on perspective, society assess the effectiveness motive and the use of language by the documentary maker. of the criminal trial Research jury law reform, such as majority verdicts in NSW criminal trials, and process as a means of examine controversial contemporary cases involving juries (could include the Skaf achieving justice case, K Brothers case, first aborted Gordon Wood trial, district court trial aborted due to jury playing Sudoku). Examine recent examples of law reform or proposed law reform and consider the extent to which the law balances the rights of victims, offenders and society. the effectiveness of the trial system for individuals and Assessment Task 3: ‘Evaluate society. Support your answer with cases, legislation, media reports and/or other Scaffold an extended response as a class, and research relevant cases, reports.’ legislation and media/reports. Discuss findings in class. Students then write an individual response on a class wiki which students comment and annotate to produce a class finding.
responsibility. victims, offenders and society Students report examples of these cases where defences have been used, and discuss any controversies in terms of society’s expectations or victim’s rights. Consider any examples of recent or suggested law reform. Kinloch p.12; Sorrell p.38 Study skill: Thinking like a lawyer. Examine and practice the skills of inductive and deductive reasoning, abstraction, distinguishing, accepting ambiguity, dispassionate argument and questioning through the use of a case study. Written response: Scaffold as a class and write an individual response to: ‘Using examples of cases, legislation, media or reports, assess the use of defences to criminal charges in achieving justice.’ Resources: The Law Handbook, Redfern Legal Centre media file role of juries, including verdicts evaluate the effectiveness of the jury system in the criminal trial assess the effectiveness of the criminal trial process as a means of achieving justice Pre-test/review of earlier work: what is the role of the jury in a criminal trial? Who is eligible for jury duty? Discuss advantages and disadvantages of the jury system. Watch Secrets of the Jury Room Storyline Australia SBS 2004. Teacher commentary and student discussion throughout the broadcast. A specific focus on perspective, motive and the use of language by the documentary maker. Research jury law reform, such as majority verdicts in NSW criminal trials, and examine controversial contemporary cases involving juries (could include the Skaf case, K Brothers case, first aborted Gordon Wood trial, district court trial aborted due to jury playing Sudoku). Examine recent examples of law reform or proposed law reform and consider the extent to which the law balances the rights of victims, offenders and society. Assessment Task 3: ‘Evaluate the effectiveness of the trial system for individuals and society. Support your answer with cases, legislation, media reports and/or other reports.’ Scaffold an extended response as a class, and research relevant cases, legislation and media/reports. Discuss findings in class. Students then write an individual response on a class wiki which students comment and annotate to produce a class finding. the extent to which the law balances the rights of victims, offenders and society