Invitation
Eleventh Fiat Justitia Lecture
The Access to Justice Imperative:
Rights, Rationalisation or Resolution?
How have the twin forces of the global human rights movement and economic
rationalism affected local efforts to guarantee equal access to justice?
The Honourable Chief Justice Warren discusses the current challenges in
preserving access to justice reforms and outlines how the courts may respond.
Presented by The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC,
Supreme Court of Victoria
* The title of the lecture series comes from the Latin phrase “Fiat justitia ruat caelum” meaning “Let justice be done though the heavens fall”
Patron: The Hon. Michael Black
AC, Chief Justice of the Federal
Court of Australia 1991-2010
Convenors: Professor H P Lee,
Sir John Latham Professor of Law,
Monash University and Professor
Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law,
Monash University
Fiat Justitia lectures and speakers
1996:The Judiciary and Judicial Review – Professor Sir David Williams QC,
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1989–1996
1997:Passing Judgment – Au Revoir for Enid Campbell – Professor Louis Waller AO,
Emeritus Professor of Monash University
1998:Governmental Reaction to Judicial Review of Administrative Actions –
The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE, Chief Justice of the High Court of
Australia 1987–1995
2001:Letting Justice Be Done Without the Heavens Falling – The Hon. Justice Ken
Hayne AC, The High Court of Australia
Date:
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
2003:The Australian Judicature – Some Challenges – The Hon. John Doyle AC,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia 1995–2012
Time:
6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
2004:The Changing Face of Law Enforcement – Ms Christine Nixon APM, Chief
Commissioner, Victoria Police 2001–2009
Venue:
Monash University Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
2008:Australia’s Growing Debt to the European Court of Human Rights – The Hon.
Michael Kirby AC, CMG, Justice of the High Court of Australia 1996–2009
RSVP:
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
law-marketing@monash.edu
or 03 9905 2630
2011: Common Law Statutes and Judicial Legislation – The Hon. Justice Stephen
Gageler SC, Solicitor-General of Australia 2008–2012
2012:The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian
Experience – Professor Christopher Forsyth, Cambridge University
2013: Judicial Independence and Liberty, Democracy and Global Economy –
Professor Shimon Shetreet, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
14P-0108
Cost: Free