Queensland’s leading Legal Studies textbook

Legal Studies for Queensland, now in its 9th edition, is an enduring and essential resource for educators and Year 11 and 12 students. 

Aligned with the QCAA Legal Studies General Senior Syllabus 2024, this Queensland-owned textbook provides comprehensive coverage of key legal concepts and is designed to assist students in thinking critically about the application of the law. It delves into current legal issues, explores conflicting viewpoints, and empowers students to decide how our laws and legal processes can be enhanced to adapt to our continually changing society.

 
 
 
 
 

Legal Studies for Queensland:

  • draws on the inquiry approach to engage each student’s curiosity 

  • builds and develops each student’s ability to identify and describe legal issues, explore information and data, analyse and evaluate to make decisions and propose recommendations 

  • comprehensively and clearly explains key legal concepts, principles and processes

  • uses a wide variety of engaging and thought-provoking activities, such as case studies, hypotheticals, research tasks and reflective questions to assist your students to become critical and informed citizens   

  • consolidates subject matter and cognitive processes through practice sets and reviews at the end of each unit.