Abstract

This article has been adapted from the 8th Michael Kirby Justice Oration, delivered at the College of Law & Justice, Victoria University, Melbourne, on 26 September 2018.

Highlights

  • Michael Kirby and I go back to a time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary – to be more precise, the early 1960s

  • Full of the most majestic pietas, gravitas and dignitas, both monarchist and committed Anglican, he always wore very formal double-breasted suits, and was apparently as monastic in his social habits as he was unbelievably industrious in his work ones

  • Michael Kirby, as you will all know, has made innumerable contributions to law and policy: it took 35 chapters and 900 pages to begin to summarise them in the festschrift honouring his retirement from the High Court in 2009

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Summary

Introduction

Michael Kirby and I go back to a time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary – to be more precise, the early 1960s.

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