Tonight: Law and the Uses of History

23/03/2010

The second lecture of a series on law, social values and advocacy, "Law and the Uses of History", will be held this evening at 5.15pm. The Hon Justice Gummow will address the impact of the common law system of adjudication upon disputed matters of history; the significance of legal history from the remote past for modern cases, and the significance of legal history in constitutional law.

Professor Prest will address issues including how the legal historian identifies and approaches the available range of primary sources to enable the development of fresh insights into settled subjects and fields of enquiry.

Justin Gleeson SC will then address the persuasive use of values in legal advocacy; for example, when it is useful to construct arguments which, self-consciously or otherwise, identify and appeal to the values (for example, autonomy, dignity) which underpin the legal rule or principle in question.

**23 March 2010 **