Make a brief comparison of the key parts of your country’s’ systems compared to that of the Australian systems

Law-Making Systems & Legal Structure of Your Own Country(sultanate of Oman)

Part A

Your report must contain the following THREE key areas

1.Law-Making Systems (e.g. Parliament)

2.Legal Structures (e.g. Courts)

3.Enforcement (e.g. Police/Criminal Laws)

Suggested areas to look for are as follows:

Section 1 – Law-Making Systems

• Type of system – democracy?, monarchy?, communist?, other?
• Representative government?, elected/not elected?, King/Queen?
• Parliament?, Other Structures?
• Supreme Head of State/Country?

Section 2 – Type of Court System

• Names of Courts
• Court hierarchy?
• Original & appellate jurisdiction?
• Criminal &Civil jurisdictions?
• Types of court cases
• Types of legal personnele.g. judges, juries, lawyers)
• Adversary or inquisitorial system of trial

Section 3 – Law Enforcement

• Structure and role of the police force or military personnel
• Types of criminal laws & sanctions (try to find at least three different crimes)
• Types of civil laws – examples and explanations

Other interesting/unique features

• g. death penalty for some crimes
• Military rather than police
• Other features

Part B

Make a brief comparison of the key parts of your country’s’ systems compared to that of the Australian systems.