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Julius Stone Address: Legal practice and the responsibility of individuals

Law Foyer, Level 2, New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus

In-person event Some legal practices, such as the private law of obligations and property, are justified by the good that general compliance with their rules bring about. It cannot be said, however, that each particular act of compliance by individuals itself contributes to that good outcome. And yet there is clearly an ethical tie between […]

JSI Seminar | Democracy’s people

Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus New Law Building, Camperdown

In-person event In the Voice Referendum, one major reason for voting No was the conviction among some Australians that the Australian people ought to be seen as single and undivided; for these Australians, the recognition of divisions within the polity would be inconsistent with the equal, democratically-grounded citizenship of all Australians. In this seminar I […]

Julius Stone Address: The Legal Experience of Injustice

Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed

Julius Stone Address: The Legal Experience of InjusticeIn-person event In The Faces of Injustice, Judith Shklar criticizes the ‘normal model’ of justice which views injustice as ‘a prelude to or a rejection and breakdown of justice, as if injustice were a surprising abnormality’. Her central insight is that ‘the real realm of injustice … does not […]