Events
1. 2011 Costello Lecture – Enlarging Our Vision of Rights
Speaker Monash Alumnus, Mr Brian Walters SC, prominent barrister and human rights advocate (BA/LLB 1977)
Introduced by Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia
Last year the Rudd Government rejected the recommendation of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee for a Human Rights Act.
Not the Victorian Charter is under challenge.
Is it asking too much to have human rights protection in Australia?
Or do we in fact ask too little?
With dangerous climate change now a reality, perhaps it is not merely the rights of humans we should seek to recognise and protect.
Brian Walters SC is a Melbourne senior counsel. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria and has written and spoken widely on human rights issues. He has also had a long involvement in environmental issues, including co-founding ‘Wild’ – Australia’s wilderness adventure magazine – and campaigning on numerous environmental issues from the Franklin River to the forests of East Gippsland.
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne |
| Date: | Thursday 15 September, 2011 |
| Time: | 6.00 pm – 7.15 pm |
| RSVP: | by Friday 9 September, 2011 law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630 |
2. Monash Law School’s 18th Lucinda Lecture
“Interpreting the Constitution – Words, History and Change”
The Honourable Robert French AC
Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia
| Venue: | Building 08/R5 Monash University, Clayton Campus |
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 September, 2011 | |
| Time: | 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | |
| RSVP: | by Friday 9 September, 2011 law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630 |
For further information please see Lucinda lecture
3. The Rule of Law
Proudly presented by the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and Monash University Faculty of Law
To be delivered by The Rt Hon the Lord Igor Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne |
| Date: | Monday 5 September, 2011 |
| Time: | 5.30pm |
| RSVP: | Please phone (03) 9905 3357 or alternatively email law-marketing@monash.edu |