23 events Coming up
15 Mar 2012
Political sovereignty and the dual character of law: Juridification through the lens of Foucault's analysis of arts of government
This seminar offers a perspective on juridification by way of approaching it through the prism of Michel Foucault's analysis of forms of government, which map and conceptualize the historical changes that the exercise of political sovereignty has ...
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Seminar/Forum21 Mar 2012
Economy, law and self-determination: a central Australian case
In this lecture, Dianne AustinBroos departs from the observation that law and economy are dual conditions both for colonialism and decolonisation. she considers two forms of governance imposed on the Western Arrernte people of central Australia in...
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Seminar/Forum22 Mar 2012
Boring but Safe: An Institutional Analysis of Why the Big Australian Banks Survived the Global Financial Meltdown
The Australian financial system emerged largely unscathed from the 2007/8 financial crisis. Why? What was so different about Australia and what lessons can be learnt from the Australian experience in terms of broader debates about the causes of th...
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Seminar/Forum28 Mar 2012
Melbourne Asian Law Conference - Recent reforms in the administration of justice in China
This conference invites some of China's leading experts on China's justice system to discuss recent issues and reforms in criminal and administrative justice. The forthcoming reforms to China's Criminal Procedure Law in early March will mark the ...
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Conference30 Mar 2012
Tweets, Beaks and Hacks: Court Reporting and the Law in the Age of New Media Journalism
Mark Stephens is one of the world's most prominent media lawyers. He is known as former counsel to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the late author Christopher Hitchens and the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. He has defended Dow Jones (ag...
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Free Public Lecture19 Apr 2012
1:00–2:00PM
Global Thinking Lecture Series: The place of victims in international justice - the experience of the ECCC
The first Global Thinking Lecture Series event for the year, organised by the GLSA and supported by the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law (APCML), will feature Judge Rowan Downing QC, of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, who...
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Free Public Lecture09 May 2012
Moving Forward in the Climate Negotiations: Multilateralism or Minilateralism?
This lecture is part of the Global Law Students Association's, Global Thinking Lecture Series sponsored by King & Wood Mallesons and scheduled throughout 2012. The series of guest lectures will feature eminent individuals from diverse professional...
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Free Public Lecture14 Jun 2012
Law vs Desire: Will Force or Obedience Save the Planet (From Climate Change)?
In the midst of the current climate crisis something needs to change. That something is us. How to produce the kind of behavioural change required in populations to save the planet may be a question of law, a question of desire or even a question...
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Free Public Lecture19 Jul 2012
Chicago-Husband Killing and the New Unwritten Rule
Emma Simpson, in 1919, shot her husband in a courtroom proceeding regarding alimony payments and declared that the new unwritten law would save her. Meanwhile Chicago newspapers between 1912 and 1922 decry the "march of liberated gunwomen" from th...
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Free Public LectureConstitutional Reform
Australia's first female attorneygeneral, The Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, will present a free public lecture on Constitutional Reform. An alumna of Melbourne Law School, she won the Supreme Court Prize in 1990. Prior to her election to Parliament in 199...
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Free Public Lecture26 Jul 2012
The Utility and Pleasure of Collecting Antiquarian Lawbooks - Rare Books Lecture 2012
This free public lecture presented by Bryan A. Garner will begin with a short film about his library made by an Australian crew in 2006. Following the screening Garner will highlight the finest association copies in his collection, with the fascin...
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Free Public Lecture06 Aug 2012
6:30–7:30PM
International Law and Global Policymaking: Life at the Coalface
In this lecture, Professor Evans will focus on his experiences working on issues like genocide and other crimes against humanity; the peace versus justice dilemma; the use of military force; and the control and elimination of weapons of mass destr...
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Free Public Lecture16 Aug 2012
The Fair Work Act: Review and implications
Over the last twenty years there have been four major revisions of the legislation governing the federal workplace relations system. The last was the Fair Work Act 2009. The current review of the operation of that Act is expected to lead to propos...
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Free Public Lecture21 Aug 2012
1:00–2:00PM
Are Bills of Rights Necessary in Common Law Systems?
This lecture is part of the Global Law Students Association's, Global Thinking Lecture Series sponsored by King & Wood Mallesons and scheduled throughout 2012. The series of guest lectures will feature eminent individuals from diverse professional...
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Free Public Lecture02 Oct 2012
Gender Equity in Indonesia: Unfinished Business
Nursyahbani Katjasungkana is a prominent Indonesian lawyer and human rights activist. She will be speaking on her experiences and the current situation with the ongoing political and social struggles for gender equality in Indonesia. The seminar w...
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Seminar/Forum31 Oct 2012
2012 Nathan and Pamala Jacobson Lecture "The Australian justice system – the need for reform"
The Adversarial Model of Justice assumes that disputes will be decided according to their merits. In fact the model does no such thing. Not only does the model fail to achieve just outcomes, it has become so burdensome and costly that it can be ac...
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Free Public Lecture07 Nov 2012
‘In Conversation’ with Professor Megan Davis
Jointly supported and organised by the: Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) Melbourne Law School Melbourne Social Equity Institute Murrup Barak Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development. Introductions: Associate ...
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Free Public Lecture21 Nov 2012
2012 Allen Hope Southey Memorial Lecture "Common Law Divergences"
When Sir Owen Dixon commented in 1942 that no good could come of divergences’ between the common law administered in English and Australian courts, the then orthodoxy was that the common law of England was the common law to be applied in Australia...
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Free Public Lecture
Common Law Divergences
When the Honourable Paul Finn presents the 2010 Allen Hope Southey Memorial Lecture, he will focus on the need for Australia to develop its own common law. About the Lecture When Sir Owen Dixon commented in 1942 that no good could come of ‘diver...
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Free Public Lecture19 Mar 2013
Australia and the International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Over the past 25 years it has been increasingly active in dealing with interstate disputes, as well as some controversial advisory opinions concerning such m...
30 Apr 2013
From managing to monitoring: The evolution of the listed company board
The 2013 Harold Ford Memorial Lecture Senior Legal Consultant with Minter Ellison and former justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Dr Robert Austin, will look at the mismatch between the legal conception of the board of directors as th...
07 May 2013
Graduate Study Expo: You future is waiting for you
The Graduate Study Expo showcases all the graduate study options, coursework, and research available at the University. Representatives from our wide range of graduate schools and faculties, and departments such as Melbourne Scholarships, Interna...
11 Jun 2013
Cannabinoids - The good, the bad and the ugly
Depending on who you listen to, cannabis is either a relaxing, benign herb that not only will not hurt its users, but has some wideranging health benefits or a toxic drug that can affect psychological development, even leading to psychosis. But ...