Law reform is the act of altering laws to better suit the importance of social values. Laws constantly need to be modified to suit the needs of the society, they cannot remain static. An essential feature of the legal system is to adapt and solve uprising problems.
The reforming of law is needed for it to remain relevant and have the support of the general public.
Some issues that the Australian legal system has to take into account are; to promote equality, resolve issues, balancing the rights of victims and defendants, and also rehabilitating offenders.
There are different agencies and mechanisms of law reform some of which include:
Agencies of law reform cannot change the law; they investigate a range of legal issues and make recommendations to the parliament. There aim to is bring about harmonisation, improve access to justice, remove obsolete and unnecessary laws, simplify and moderate the law, and also suggest new or more effective methods to approach changing social values.
The two main agencies of law reform are:
The Australian Law Reform Commission.
The NSW Law reform Commission.
Other reform agencies are:
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Laws need to be constantly reformed even if the decision only helps out a certain group in the society, as it creates a neighbourly atmosphere in the society. It also allows minority groups to feel self belonging, in a world where many people are trying to abolish same-sex marriage many people can consider Australia a safe zone where they feel accepted which in fact helps cultural diversity and increases the countries tourism. The ‘De Facto’ includes same-sex marriage in 28 different pieces of
The reforming of law is needed for it to remain relevant and have the support of the general public.
Some issues that the Australian legal system has to take into account are; to promote equality, resolve issues, balancing the rights of victims and defendants, and also rehabilitating offenders.
There are different agencies and mechanisms of law reform some of which include:
Agencies of law reform cannot change the law; they investigate a range of legal issues and make recommendations to the parliament. There aim to is bring about harmonisation, improve access to justice, remove obsolete and unnecessary laws, simplify and moderate the law, and also suggest new or more effective methods to approach changing social values.
The two main agencies of law reform are:
The Australian Law Reform Commission.
The NSW Law reform Commission.
Other reform agencies are:
There are many …show more content…
Laws need to be constantly reformed even if the decision only helps out a certain group in the society, as it creates a neighbourly atmosphere in the society. It also allows minority groups to feel self belonging, in a world where many people are trying to abolish same-sex marriage many people can consider Australia a safe zone where they feel accepted which in fact helps cultural diversity and increases the countries tourism. The ‘De Facto’ includes same-sex marriage in 28 different pieces of