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Legal Studies Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in Australian and SACE International schools from January 2023 to December 2023.
For teaching in SACE International schools only from May/June 2023 to March 2024 and from May/June 2024 to March 2025. Accredited in June 2020 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Accredited in June 2020 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021. 

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Numeracy

Numeracy

In this subject, students extend and apply their numeracy capability by, for example:

  • understanding concepts of time, space, and number in relation to the institutions and operations of the Australian and/or other legal systems
  • understanding and using graphs, diagrams, and statistics
  • using graphical illustrations to convey meaning
  • researching, compiling, and evaluating quantitative data through observations, searches, and interviews
  • evaluating and interpreting data
  • predicting outcomes from data
  • analysing data in order to supply evidence for or against a given argument.