THE FRANCIS FORBES SOCIETY
FOR AUSTRALIAN LEGAL HISTORY
ACN 55 099 158 620
and co-sponsors
THE NEW SOUTH WALES BAR ASSOCIATION
and
THE WOMEN BARRISTERS FORUM
present
THE FORBES LECTURE, 2013
PROGRAMME
ORDER OF EVENTS
CHAIR:Jane Needham SC, Senior Vice President, NSW Bar Association
INTRODUCTION OF LECTURERS:Jane Needham SC
PRESENTATION OF LECTURE:Professor Diane Kirkby
Dr Hilary Golder
VOTE OF THANKS:Wendy Robinson QC, Junior Vice-President, Forbes Society
LEGAL HISTORY NEWS
AUSTRALIAN LEGAL HISTORY ESSAY COMPETITION
The deadline for submission of essays to be entered in this year’s Australian Legal History Essay Competition is 5.00pm on Monday, 9 December, 2013.
The Competition “Conditions of Entry and “Guidelines” are published on the Forbes Society website () together with ideas for essay topics.
The Competition provides prizes in separate categories for Tertiary Students, Senior Seconday School Students and Junior Secondary School Students.
TUTORIALS : UNDERSTANDING AUSTRALIAN LAW THROUGH LEGAL HISTORY
Throughout 2013 the Forbes Society has conducted, for members and friends, fortnightly tutorials in legal history. Tutorials have been led by a variety of presenters: Bathurst CJ, Emmett JA, Young AJ, Button J, Black J and Lindsay J from the Supreme Court of NSW; Nick Manousaridis,now a judge of the Federal Circuit Court; David Ash and James Watson of the Bar; and Supreme Court Tipstaves, Robert Turnbull, Ben Chen and Claire Langford.
The two remaining tutorials for the year will be held on Tuesday 26 November and Tuesday 10 December. On the first of those dates, Acting Justice Peter Young will speak of the “Historical Development of Laws relating to the Supreme Court’s ‘Protective Jurisdiction’ vis á vis Vulnerable People”. On the second, Larissa Reid (of the Law Courts Library) and Lindsay J will speak on “Sources of Law: Law Reporting, Precedent, Legal Literature, Legal Education, the Legal Profession and Development of Law”.
Tutorials are held in Court Room No. 1, Hospital Road Court Complex (entrance via the chambers of Lindsay J), between 5.10pm – 6.10pm, on the nominated dates. All welcome.
Subject to demand, a similar programme will be held in 2014.
FORBES SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Monday, 25 November 2013 at 4.30pm
The Annual General Meeting of the Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History will be held on Monday, 25 November commencing at 4.30pm in Court Room No. 1, Hospital Road Court Complex (entrance via Lindsay J’s chambers).
ANZLHS ANNUAL CONFERENCE : 25-27 November 2013
This year’s annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society will be held at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, between 25-27 November 2013.
For further information, access the Society’s website:
Professor Diane Kirkby is a member of the ANZLHS Committee, and editor of the Society’s E-Journal.
SELDEN SOCIETY IN AUSTRALIA
The Selden Society, founded in England by FW Maitland in 1887, operates in Australia through the Supreme Court of Queensland Library. For further information, access the Society’s web page:
THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DATABASE
The Forbes Society anticipates that, in early 2014, the Australian Capital Punishment Database (assembled under the supervision of Tim Castle in collaboration with Dr Amanda Kladelfos) will be officially launched. A further announcement will be made in due course.
THE FORBES FLYER
Members of the Forbes Society receive, each quarter, the Society’s electronic newsletter, The Forbes Flyer, edited by David Ash. Each issue is posted on the website of the Society (). Prospective contributors are invited to contact the editor via email () or by telephone (02 9229 7311).
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN LAW
In 2013 Federation Press published two volumes of essays entitled, Historical Foundations of Australian Law. Volume 1 (edited by Justin GleesonSC, SG, James Watson and Ruth Higgins) is entitled “Institutions, Concepts and Personalities”. Volume 2 (edited by Justin Gleeson, James Watson and Elisabeth Peden) is entitled “Commercial Common Law”. For further information, access Federation Press’s website:
MEMBERSHIP OF THE FORBES SOCIETY
Membership of the Forbes Society is open to everybody. Membership application forms can be downloaded from the Society’s website:
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