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IPCC - Does the government legally have to protect young people from climate change?
Lesson7 of 15 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8Humanities and Social SciencesCivics and CitizenshipEnvironmentalClimate ChangeDisaster resilience
Lesson Summary
Students consider how the courts interpret legislation, and how these decisions become common law. Students look at the case of then Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley, student Anj Sharma, and Brigidine nun Sister Marie Brigid Arthur, and decide whether the minister was legally responsible for the physical harm climate change might cause young people.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand the difference between how laws are made in Australia through parliaments (statutory law) and through the courts (common law)
- understand how and why the courts interpret legislation to hand down judgements.
Success criteria
Students can:
- explain the case of Sharma by her litigation representative Sister Marie Brigid Arthur v Minister for the Environment [2021] FCA 560
- accurately interpret the law in this case.
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