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Legal Studies
Stage 2
Subject outline
Version 4.0
For teaching in Australian and SACE International schools from January 2023 to December 2023.
For teaching in SACE International schools only from May/June 2023 to March 2024 and from May/June 2024 to March 2025. Accredited in June 2020 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Accredited in June 2020 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
For teaching in Australian and SACE International schools from January 2023 to December 2023.
For teaching in SACE International schools only from May/June 2023 to March 2024 and from May/June 2024 to March 2025. Accredited in June 2020 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Accredited in June 2020 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Stage 2 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Intercultural understanding
Intercultural understanding
In this subject, students extend and apply their intercultural understanding capability by, for example:
- considering the different beliefs and values of a range of groups across languages, cultures, and nations
- developing an understanding that successful legal systems reflect these beliefs and values, and reflecting on the extent to which the Australian legal system achieves this imperative
- understanding that culture frames perspectives on justice, rights and responsibilities, and ethics
- considering historical and contemporary impacts on the Australian legal system by other legal systems
- acknowledging and applying understanding of cultures, narratives, and accomplishments as told by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Indigenous peoples
- showing an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lore
- understanding that the tension between the concepts and just resolutions may be different for people of diverse perspectives and languages.