The Law Handbook Topics
Topics
The Law Handbook covers 12 key topics that cover different legal issues that you might need information about. Each chapter focuses on a key area within this topic.
Understanding our laws and courts
Chapter 1.1: Where our laws come from
Chapter 1.2: An introduction to the courts
Chapter 1.3: Sentencing in the Magistrates’ Court
Chapter 1.4: The Children’s Court
Getting help
Chapter 2.1: Legal representation
Chapter 2.2: Representing yourself in court
Chapter 2.3: Legal services that can help
Fines, infringements and criminal law
Chapter 3.1: Fines and infringements
Chapter 3.2: Drug offences
Chapter 3.3: Sexual offences
Chapter 3.4: Sex work
Chapter 3.5: Arrest, search, interrogation and your rights
Chapter 3.6: How bail works
Chapter 3.7: Which court for which crime
Chapter 3.8: Imprisonment and the rights of people in prison
Chapter 3.9: Understanding criminal records
Relationships, families and young people
Chapter 4.1: Marriage and divorce
Chapter 4.2: Parental responsibilities and child support
Chapter 4.3: Same-sex and de facto couples and families
Chapter 4.4: Family violence
Chapter 4.5: Changing your name
Managing your money
Chapter 5.1: Dealing with social security
Chapter 5.2: Are you in debt
Chapter 5.3: Understanding bankruptcy
Chapter 5.4: Financial counselling services
Chapter 5.5: Taxation
Chapter 5.6: Superannuation
Chapter 5.7: Understanding credit and finance
Chapter 5.8: Mortgages, consumer leases and other finance products
Chapter 5.9: Credit reporting
Chapter 5.10: Unauthorised transactions and ePayments Code
Houses, communities and the road
Chapter 6.1: Tenancy
Chapter 6.2: Buying or selling a house
Chapter 6.3: Building or renovating a house
Chapter 6.4: Neighbour disputes
Chapter 6.5: Owners corporations
Chapter 6.6: Community organisations
Chapter 6.7: Buying a car
Chapter 6.8: Driving offences
Chapter 6.9: Road law for cyclists, skaters and scooters
Consumers, contracts, the internet and copyright
Chapter 7.1: How contract law works
Chapter 7.2: Consumer protection laws
Chapter 7.3: Consumer guarantees
Chapter 7.4: Taking action as a consumer
Chapter 7.5: The internet and the law
Chapter 7.6: Copyright
Chapter 7.7 Trade marks
Disability, unfair treatment and advocacy
Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law
Chapter 8.2: Understanding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS
Chapter 8.3: Disability and criminal justice
Chapter 8.4: Mental illness
Chapter 8.5: Guardianship and medical treatment
Chapter 8.6: Understanding powers of attorney
Health, wills and other legal issues affecting older people
Chapter 9.1: Health and the law
Chapter 9.2: Legal issues affecting older people
Chapter 9.3: Wills
Chapter 9.4: Estates
Chapter 9.5: Funerals
Accidents, insurance and compensation
Chapter 10.1: Negligence and injury
Chapter 10.2: Transport accident injuries
Chapter 10.3: Work injuries
Chapter 10.4: Insurance
Chapter 10.5: Motor vehicle accidents and insurance
Chapter 10.6: Assistance for victims of crime
Chapter 10.7: Compensation for some legal costs
Rights, activism and fair treatment at work
Chapter 11.1: Discrimination and human rights
Chapter 11.2: Defamation and your rights
Chapter 11.3: Environment and planning law
Chapter 11.4: Community activism
Chapter 11.5: Employment contracts, awards and agreements
Chapter 11.6: Protection for your rights at work
Chapter 11.7: Occupational health and safety
Government and the individual
Chapter 12.1: Taking a problem to an ombudsman
Chapter 12.2: Privacy and your rights
Chapter 12.3: Freedom of information law Chapter 12.4: Complaints against Victorian Police
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