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LUCINDA LECTURE ‘THE PEOPLE AND THE CONSTITUTION’ The Honourable Justice AC, High Court of

The concept of “the People” holds an important place in the history of ideas. It features prominently in the United States Constitution but, LUCINDA LECTURES AND SPEAKERS in some important respects, has not influenced the constitutional 1993 The Australian Crown: Its creation and demise jurisprudence of the United States, whereas in the Australian Constitution Professor George Winterton its exiguous presence has proved to be a fertile source of judge made 1994 Judicial reasonings and responsibilities in constitutional cases law. The lecture considers these phenomena and offers an explanation Mr Dennis Rose AM QC, Chief General Counsel of the Attorney-General’s Department for the difference between the American and Australian approaches. 1989–1995 1995 Towards 2001 – Minimalism, monarchism or metamorphism? THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE PATRICK KEANE AC The Hon. Sir AC KBE GBM QC, Chief Justice, , 1987–1995 The Honourable Justice Patrick Keane AC was appointed to the High Court in March 2013. At the time of his appointment he was Chief Justice 1996 Social conflict and constitutional interpretation Emeritus Professor Leslie Zines AO of the Federal Court of Australia. He served as a judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of from 2005-2010 before joining 1997 The Australian Constitution: A centenary assessment the Federal Court. He is a graduate of the and The Hon. AC CMG, High Court of Australia, 1996–2009 Oxford University. He was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1977 and 1998 Maintaining public confidence in the judiciary in 1988 he was appointed Queen’s Counsel. He was Solicitor-General The Hon. Justice Susan Kenny, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of for Queensland from 1992 to 2005. Justice Keane AC was appointed a 1997–1998, Federal Court of Australia Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2015. 1999 The Australian Constitution: Adaptability, change and conflict Professor Geoffrey Lindell AM LUCINDA LECTURES 2000 Australian citizenship: Past, present and future The Rt Hon. Sir KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE PC QC, The SS Lucinda was a steam paddle vessel which occupies a sentimental Governor General of Australia, 1982–1989 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 2001 The shape of representative democracy 1891, that the drafting committee of the National Australasian Convention The Hon. AC QC, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia, 1998–2008 made important revisions to the earliest drafts of the Constitution. 2002 Sir and the workings of the Australian Constitution Professor La Nauze in The Making of the Australian Constitution stated: The Rt Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC PC, Governor General of Australia, 1977–1982 ‘[T]he evolving text of the Constitution was at its best after the Lucinda revisions.’ 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 This lecture series is named after the Lucinda and seeks to canvass fundamental issues in Australian constitutional law. 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? PATRON The Hon. Ronald Sackville AO, Federal Court of Australia, 1994–2008 The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, 2006 Concerning judicial method fifty years on Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and The Hon. Justice AC, High Court of Australia, 1997–2015 Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria 2007 Protecting rights in a federation The Hon. Justice Pamela Tate, Solicitor-General for Victoria, 2003–2010 CONVENERS 2008 The parameters of constitutional change The Hon. Sir AC KBE QC, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia, Professor Marilyn Pittard, Faculty of Law, Monash University 1995–1998 Emeritus Professor HP Lee, Faculty of Law, Monash University 2009 Section 92: Markets, protectionism and proportionality – Australian and European perspectives The Hon. Justice AC, High Court of Australia DATE: Thursday 11 August, 2016 2011 Interpreting the constitution – Words, history and change The Hon. Justice AC, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia TIME: 1-2pm 2013 Section 80 – The great constitutional tautology VENUE: Monash University, Monash Club, Long Room, The Hon. Justice AC, High Court of Australia 32 Exhibition Walk, Clayton campus 2014 Legislative Intention COST: Free The Hon. Justice , High Court of Australia RSVP: Thursday 4 August, 2016, online at bit.ly/1Xl5LX7 2015 Of lions and squeaking mice in anxious times Emeritus Professor H P Lee Further information: monash.edu/law/about-us/events Designed by SMC Monash: 16P-0564. May 2016. CRICOS provider: Monash University 00008C