UNSW Justice Talks - The Human Sides of Law
Tue Apr 16 2013Members are invited to attend the next instalment of the UNSW Law Justice Talks series. "The Human Sides of Law", will be presented by the Hon Keith Mason QC, former president of the NSW Court of Appeal, on Tuesday 7 May Tyree Room, in the John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW Kensington. There will be a cocktail reception at 6pm, before the lecture between 6.30-7.30pm. Register at www.law.unsw.edu.au/justicetalks
In this lecture, the Hon Keith Mason will concentrate upon the ways in which our common humanity affects what really happens when people, the law and justice intersect.
The rule of law (and not of lawyers) is not a myth. It is, however, a multi-faceted concept aspiring to fairness, consistency, factual truth, civility of discourse, and fidelity to statute and common law. Our system of government may be divinely instituted but its functioning depends on human (sometimes all too human) actors in their roles as witnesses, police, jurors, legislators, lawyers, judges and academics.
29 April 2013