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edition  \nMegan Blake Jane Edwards Matt Richardson  \nLegal Fundamentals in Australia (2nd ed)  \nCopyright © CPAP  \nFirst published 2018  \nSecond edition 2021  \nReproduction and communication for educational purposes  \nThe Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10% of the pages of this book, whichever is greater, to be reproduced and/or communicated by any educational institution for its educational purposes, provided that the educational institution (or the body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. For details of the CAL [license visit www.copyright.com.au](license visit www.copyright.com.au).  \nReproduction and communication for other purposes  \nExcept as permitted under the Act (for example, any fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review), no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, communicated or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. All enquiries should be made to the publisher at the above address.  \nAcknowledgements  \nThe authors and publisher would like to thank their families who have been forced to make sacrifices to enable the first edition to be written. They would also like to thank government agencies for the use of statistical material collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Crime Statistics Agency, the Sentencing Advisory Council and NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. All charts and data have been sourced from these organizations via their respective websites at [www.abs.gov.au](www.abs.gov.au), [www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au](www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au), [https://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/](https://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/) and [http://](http://)  \n[www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/ unless otherwise](www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/ unless otherwise) stated.  \n[All photos and images have been purchased from www.123rf.com](All photos and images have been purchased from www.123rf.com), [www.dreamstime.com or www.cartoonstock.com](www.dreamstime.com or www.cartoonstock.com).  \nDisclaimers  \nEvery attempt has been made by the authors to ensure that the content contained in this publications is consistent with the VCE Legal Studies Study Design (accreditation period 2018 – 2022) produced by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) . The publisher and authors assert that there is no direct connection between this publication and the VCAA. Students and teachers are urged to supplement the use of this text with the official Legal Studies VCE Study Design and other resources, including internet sites referred to within the text, other texts, print and electronic media. All internet sites referred to were operational at the time of print.  \nPrinted in China  \n[www.legalfundamentals.com.au](www.legalfundamentals.com.au)  \n[www.commpap.com](www.commpap.com)  \n[ISBN: 978-1-921813-59-7](ISBN: 978-1-921813-59-7)  \nCommerce Presentations and Publications (CPAP)  \n206 / 1 Queens Rd St Kilda Rd Towers Melbourne Vic 3004  \nTel: 03 9866 2289  \nFax: 03 9005 2717  \nEmail: cpap@commpap.com  \nABN: 19 619 387 012  \nAbout the authors  \nDr Megan Blake (LLB, BA (Melb) Dip Ed, Postgrad Dip Arts (Research), PhD (Monash)) completed a law degree at the University of Melbourne and worked for a number of years with private law firms and large corporations. Since joining the teaching profession, Megan has been a teacher of VCE Legal Studies and has been actively involved in Legal Studies education. She had positions of responsibility with the VCAA, including as a member of the panel designing the 2011-2017 Legal Studies Study Design, and she has had a number of years experience as a VCE Legal Studies examination assessor. In 2018 and 2019 she acted as Assistant Chief Assessor on the examination assessment panel. 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