Lucinda Lecture 2021: The Honourable Justice James Edelman - Aliens, Defence, Juries, and Marriage

29/07/2021

Monash Law is honoured to present the 2021 Lucinda Lecture, to be delivered by The Honourable Justice James Edelman, High Court of Australia on Thursday 19 August 2021 from 6:00 PM – 7:10 PM AEST. The session will take place online via webinar.

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About the Lecture

Aliens, Defence, Juries, and Marriage

In constitutional interpretation there is an important divide which has been described as a difference between interpretation and construction, or between concept and conception, or between meaning and application, or between essential meaning and non-essential meaning. However it is described, this difference has been recognised in many decisions of the High Court of Australia. This lecture will explore the difference by reference to High Court decisions in relation to four constitutional concepts: Aliens, Defence, Juries, and Marriage.