NSW HSC Legal Studies case studies

Legal Studies is a Board Developed Course in the NSW Higher Education Standards Authority school curriculum, examined in the HSC. The current syllabus is the Legal Studies Stage 6 Syllabus (2009), offered as 11220 Legal Studies (2 units – Preliminary) and 15220 Legal Studies (2 units – HSC), with no prerequisites, corequisites or eligibility requirements and study via self-tuition permitted. The HSC course investigates law, justice and human rights through focus studies that consider how changes in societies influence law reform. It comprises Core Part I: Crime, Core Part II: Human Rights, and Part III, in which two options are chosen from Consumers, Global environment and protection, Family, Indigenous peoples, Shelter, Workplace and World order; each topic's themes and challenges should be integrated into the study of the topic. The NSW HSC Legal Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 2,634 words.