Law
Monash Law Faculty’s
20th Lucinda Lecture
“Legislative Intention”
The speaker
The Honourable Justice Stephen Gageler,
The High Court of Australia
Stephen John Gageler was appointed to the High Court in
October 2012. At the time of his appointment he was SolicitorGeneral of Australia. He is a graduate of the Australian National
University and has post-graduate qualifications from Harvard
University. He was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court
of New South Wales in 1989 and was appointed Senior Counsel
in 2000. Before his appointment as Solicitor-General in 2008, he
practised as a barrister extensively throughout Australia, principally
in constitutional law, administrative law and commercial law.
Lucinda Lectures
The SS Lucinda was a steam paddle vessel which occupies a
sentimental place in Australian constitutional history. It was on board
the Lucinda, during a three-day cruise on the Hawkesbury River from
27 to 29 March 1891, that the drafting committee of the National
Australasian Convention made important revisions to the earliest
drafts of the Constitution. Professor La Nauze in The Making of the
Australian Constitution stated:
‘[T]he evolving text of the Constitution was at its best after the
Lucinda revisions.’
This lecture series is named after the Lucinda and seeks to canvass
fundamental issues in Australian constitutional law.
Patron
The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant
Governor of Victoria
Conveners
Professor HP Lee, Sir John Latham Chair of Law
Monash Law Faculty
Professor Marilyn Pittard, Associate Dean International
and Engagement, Monash Law Faculty
Date: Monday 15 September, 2014
Time: 1– 2 pm
Venue:Monash University, Clayton Campus
H1 / Menzies Building (Building 11)
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday 10 September, 2014
law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630
(Unfortunately there is no reserved seating for this event.)
Lucinda Lectures and speakers
1993 The Australian Crown: Its creation and demise
Professor George Winterton
1994 Judicial reasoning’s and responsibilities in constitutional cases
Mr Dennis Rose
1995 AUSTRALIA
TowardsCHINA
2001INDIA
— Minimalism,
or metamorphism?
ITALY MALAYSIA monarchism
SOUTH AFRICA
The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM QC, Chief Justice, High Court of
Australia, 1987–1995
1996 Social conflict and constitutional interpretation
Emeritus Professor Leslie Zines AO
1997 The Australian Constitution: A centenary assessment
The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG, High Court of Australia, 1996–2009
1998 Maintaining public confidence in the judiciary
The Hon. Justice Susan Kenny, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
1997–1998, Federal Court of Australia
1999 The Australian Constitution: Adaptability, change and conflict
Professor Geoffrey Lindell
2000 Australian citizenship: Past, present and future
The Rt Hon. Sir Ninian Stephen KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE PC QC,
Governor General of Australia, 1982–1989
2001 The shape of representative democracy
The Hon. Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia, 1998–2008
2002 Sir Isaac Isaacs and the workings of the Australian Constitution
The Rt Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC PC, Governor General
of Australia, 1977–1982
2003 ...such other federal courts as the Parliament creates: A hundred years of
evolution
The Hon. Michael Black AC QC, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia,
1991–2010
2004 What separation of powers?
The Hon. Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Supreme Court of Victoria
2005 Judges under fire – How far can the critics go?
The Hon. Ronald Sackville AO, Federal Court of Australia, 1994–2008
2006 Concerning judicial method fifty years on
The Hon. Justice Kenneth Hayne AC, High Court of Australia
2007 Protecting rights in a federation
The Hon. Justice Pamela Tate, Solicitor-General for Victoria, 2003–2010
2008 The parameters of constitutional change
The Hon. Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE QC, Chief Justice, High Court
of Australia, 1995–1998
2009 S
ection 92: Markets, protectionism and proportionality — Australian and
European perspectives
The Hon. Justice Susan Kiefel AC, High Court of Australia
2011 Interpreting the constitution – Words, history and change
The Hon. Justice Robert French AC, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia
www.law.monash.edu
2013 Section 80 – The great constitutional tautology
The Hon. Justice Virginia Bell AC, High Court of Australia