Doctrine of reception of English Law into Australia.

Australia today is a country that is equipped with a complete and effective legal system so as to provide fairness and justice to its people. But having an effective legal system did not come to the minds of the law makers overnight. In fact, the pain staking process of establishing Australia’s legal system took over two centuries to date! The legal system has been expanding since the times when a much different system that …

…cover a particular matter, judges or lawmakers will still look upon England’s legislation to decide. Therefore in practice, lawyers now and then will bring up English cases alongside Australian cases whenever arguing a case. As pointed out again, though the reception of English law has been severed since the days of Australia Act 1986 (CTH) & (UK), there are times at present when connections between England’s and Australia’s legal system can be made. ~End~