Mayo Lecture
The Mayo Lecture is an annual event run by the College of Business, Law and Governance in conjunction with the James Cook University Law Students Society (JCULSS) in honour of Mrs Marylyn Mayo, JCU's foundation law staff member. The JCULSS instituted the Mayo Lecture in 1991 as a tribute to Marylyn's work in maintaining a law presence at JCU and, ultimately, in establishing the full law degree here.
Recent Mayo Lectures have been delivered by:
- Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen, on the topic 'From Slavery to Sovereignty? Mabo, Native Title and the Uluru Statement from the Heart';
- Justice Lincoln Crowley - Queensland's inaugural First Nations Justice of the Supreme Court.
- The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby, on the topic 'Nuclear Proliferation and the Singapore Summit: A Challenge to International Law';
- Mr Anthony Morris QC, on the topic 'Human rights under siege on all sides: The combined onslaught of Terrorism, Political Correctness and the Dictatorship of Bureaucracy';
- Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, on the topic 'The Common Law and the Protection of Rights, Freedoms and Privileges: Insights from the ALRC Freedoms Inquiry'.
2022 Mayo Lecture
2023 Mayo Lecture
2024 Mayo Lecture
Year | Presenter | Topic | JCU Law Review |
1991 | Mr Dean Wells (Attorney General QLD) | No JCULR Edition | |
1992 | Mr David Solomon | No JCULR Edition | |
1993 | Dr Jocelynne Scutt | No JCULR Edition | |
1994 | Justice Fitzgerald | International Human Rights and the High Court of Australia | |
1995 | Justice Barry | Not published | |
1996 | Sir Anthony Mason | The Judge as Law Maker | |
1997 | Father Frank Brennan | Not published | |
1998 | Hon P De Jersey (Qld) | Not published | |
1999 | Hon Justice S Jones | Not published | |
2000 | Hon Justice Micheal Kirby | Law, Like the Olympics, is now International - But will Australia Win Gold? | |
2001 | Mr Tom Sherman AO | Terrorism - A Disease in Search of a Cure | |
2002 | Hon Justice K Cullinane QC | Years On | |
2003 | Judge P Shanahan AO | Not published | |
2004 | Hon Justice JA Dowsett QC | Law and the Profession - Expectations and Reality | |
2005 | No lecture held | No lecture held | |
2006 | Hon John Von Doussa QC | Reconciling Human Rights and Counterterrorism: A Crucial Challenge | |
2007 | Justice Marcia Neave AO | Making Law Reform Work - The Promise and Limits of Law Reform | |
2008 | Prof Caroline de Costa | Abortion Law, Abortion Realities | |
2009 | Senator Bob Brown | Not published | |
2010 | Hon Justice Margaret McMurdo AC | R v KU; Ex parte A-G(Qld) and Warwick Thornton's award winning, internationally acclaimed film, 'Samson and Delilah: life imitating art? Why we must and how we might do better. | |
2011 | Hon Robert McClelland MP | Climate Change | |
2012 | Glenn Ferguson - Managing Director - Feguson Cannon Lawyers | Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: Are we Ready as a Nation? | |
2013 | Hon Justice Susan Kiefel (now CJ HCA) | Social Justice and the Constitution - Freedoms and Protections | |
2014 | Rob Hulls - Director, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT | Are We Tough Enough to be Smart on Crime? | |
2015 | Mr Dan Mori | No JCULR Edition | |
2016 | Professor Rosalind Croucher AM | The Common Law and Protection of Rights, Freedom and Privileges | No JCULR Edition |
2017 | Mr Anthony Morris QC | The Combined Onslaught of Terrorism, Political Correctness, and the Dictatorship of Bureaucracy | Not published |
2018 | Hon Justice Micheal Kirby | Remembrance of Times Past: Times Missed and Times Not Missed | |
2019 | No lecture held | No lecture held | |
2020 | No lecture held | No lecture held | |
2021 | Major General the Honourable Justice Paul Brereton, AM, RFD | International Law of Armed Conflict: The Australian Application |