Events
1. ‘Democracy on trial’ – is democracy dead?
Professor Beth Noveck served in the White House as the first United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer as part of the Obama Administration.
She is Director of the Governance Lab at New York University and its MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance. She is a Professor in Technology, Culture, and Society at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering and works on ‘people-led innovation’ — namely the ability of communities and institutions to work together to solve problems more effectively and legitimately.
She was named one of the “Foreign Policy 100” by Foreign Policy and one of the “Top Women in Technology” by Huffington Post.
Date & Time: Thursday 9 August 2018, 2.30 – 4pm
Location: Moot Court, Faculty of Law, Ground Floor, 15 Ancora Imparo Way, Monash Clayton
Please register via this google form if you will be attending – but get in quick before it fills up!
2. 2018 Lucinda Lecture: Constitutional Law Section 44 – The Other Subsections
Date: Monday 20 August, 2018
Time: 1 – 2pm
Venue: Monash University, Monash Club, Long Room, 32 Exhibition Walk, Clayton Campus
RSVP: Monday 13 August via this LINK
This is a free event. Any queries contact law-marketing@monash.edu
Presented by The Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Holmes, Supreme Court of Queensland.
Section 44(i) of the Constitution and the dual citizenship cases of the last two years have attracted an extraordinary amount of public attention; the other subsections of s 44 – concerning disqualification for criminal conviction, bankruptcy, pecuniary interest and holding an office of profit under the Crown – less so. They, however, are equally fraught with difficulties of interpretation, and in at least one instance pose a challenge to representative democracy less easily resolved than requiring renunciation of foreign citizenship.
This lecture considers what emerges from the 1890’s Convention Debates about the subsections’ evolution, including some proposed amendments which, had they been accepted, would have radically changed the ramifications of s 44; the jurisprudence which exists in relation to the subsections, and the extent to which clarification has been achieved; and some remaining uncertainties with the potential to cause future headaches for politicians, the High Court and the public.
3. RBG: Castan Centre fundraising film event
Date: Saturday 11 August 2018
Time: 4.00pm
Venue: The Classic Cinema, 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick
Register: Purchase your tickets here
All proceeds go to helping the Castan Centre continue its vital work to advance human rights.
4. Fighting the Death Penalty: Making a difference in the long term
A conversation between Julian McMahon SC and Richard Bourke, Director, Louisiana Capital Assistance Centre
Event details
Date: Thursday 9 August
Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm – 7pm (followed by refreshments)
Cost: Free to attend
RSVP: Friday 3 August here