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 AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM   Education,Law,Writing Australia is known as a parliamentary democracy. The federal system of the government of Australia was established by Australian constitution. The Australian constitution was developed by people who voted for its implementation. Under the Australian legal system the power is normally distributed between the national government and the six states. The legal system was inherited from the England during colonization time. Australian laws are the cases and legislation. Cases are the decisions that are made by judges while legislation are rules made by the parliament. The house passes a bill and if it is approved by the house, it becomes a law. Australian law is hierarchical and consists of high court which is divided into federal court of Australia and family court of Australia, there is  superior court and intermediate court. Intermediate court is divided into coroner’s court, lower court and children’s court. The high court o...