Description
Lionel Murphy was a Senator, a Federal Attorney General, and a Justice of the High Court of Australia and made an indelible mark on Australian society and the Australian legal landscape.In the words of Michael Kirby: “Lionel Murphy was a man who inspired great admiration and affection as well as strong opposition... More than Murphy's influence on particular legal subjects (of which there is much) his ultimate judicial legacy lies in his contribution to breaking the spell of unquestioning acceptance of old rules where social circumstances and community attitudes have changed so much as to make those rules inappropriate or inapplicable... Lionel Murphy was a change agent in Australia; a supernova in our land; a catherine wheel of ideas; light; progress towards good and justice; danger; and much achievement and kindness. After him, nothing was ever quite the same again.”
We are now just over 30 years since Murphy’s passing in October 1986.
Lionel Murphy – The Life and Times of an Australian Jurist is an event that will celebrate his life and legacy as a jurist and cover topics such as his ground-breaking views on the Australian Constitution, the notion of implied freedoms and rights arising from the Constitution, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Anti-Discrimination Law, the way he revolutionised the workings of the Australian Senate and his great legislative work, The Family Law Act.
The evening will feature the following speakers:
- Former High Court Judge Michael Kirby AC CMG
- Former High Court Judge Mary Gaudron
- Professor Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS Law School
- Dr Margaret Kelly (Macquarie University Law School)
| Period | 17 May 2015 |
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| Event title | Lionel Murphy: the life and times of an Australian jurist |
| Event type | Other |
| Location | Sydney, Australia, New South WalesShow on map |