Principles of Public Law H1 Comprehensive Exam Notes

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Comprehensive notes for Principles of Public Law (LAWS50024) with which I achieved a score of 82% on my final exam. The content of these notes reflects the new course for this subject, which was updated for 2025. Having exam notes which are in accordance with this course restructuring is of the utmost importance. These notes all necessary material for each reading included in the subject (to be used in the exam's essay questions), as well as a comprehensive script for hypothetical questions (in 2025, hypothetical questions were pulled from content from seminars 18-23). PPL weekly topics are included in these notes: -The state and public law -Territory and sovereignty in the Australian contect -The acquisition of independence in the Australian context -The Commonwealth Constitution -The people -Parliaments and representative democracy -Responsible government -Executives -Delegated legislation and extraterritoriality -The judiciary -Federalism -The rule of law -Sources of public international law: customary international law, and the law of treaties -The organs of the UN -Human rights under international law -The protection of rights in Australia -Making and implementing treaties in Australia