Investigating Laws

The
characteristics of an
effective law
 Activity
Using the Victorian parliament
website

http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/st
atic/www.legislation.vic.gov.au-bil
ls.html

Find a law that was passed in 2016

 Using the criteria for
determining an effective
law, analyse and critically
evaluate your chosen law
and discuss whether your
law meets the criteria.
 Criteria
(P.11 of your Textbook)

Known
Understood
Accepted
Stable
Consistent
Enforced
Accessible
 Analyse

- Break down -
- Deconstruct -
- Examine

To break something down into parts to

understand how it is made and how it
creates meaning
 Evaluate

- Assess -
- Judge -
- Rate

Form an opinion of something and explain

why/how you have come to this conclusion

 Discuss

- Consider -
- Argue

To consider and examine in detail,

looking at multiple sides and ideas