St James’ Church on King Street, Sydney, is holding an ecumenical church service to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. The service will be held on Sunday, 14th June 2015, at 3pm. An address will be given by the Chairman of the Magna Carta Committee, Nicholas Cowdery, AM, QC. The Magna Carta Committee of the Rule of Law
The University of London is running a MOOC – a massive open online course – on the Magna Carta. The course is free and runs over six weeks, exploring the question – what does Magna Carta really mean? Participants will engage in material delivered by staff from Royal Holloway’s Department of History and other guest speakers, engaging with world leading
The National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference will be held on 18-19 June at Sheraton on the Park, Sydney. Held over two days, the program aims to create a dialogue about the various challenges and opportunities in enhancing access to legal services and pro bono work. The Conference will also celebrate the 800-year anniversary of the Magna Carta,
Magna Carta Committee Chairman Nicholas Cowdery AM QC’s paper from the Magna Carta Symposium has been published in the June Issue of the Law Society of NSW Journal (LSJ). His article ‘800 Years of Magna Carta’ details the bloodshed and tyranny behind the creation of the Magna Carta and examines its powerful and enduring legacy. He discusses why the Magna Carta
The University of Tasmania Law School is running a special event to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. The event will be held at Parliament House on Tuesday June 16 at 7.30pm and will be hosted by Guy Barnett MP. The event features three guests speakers, with Dr Augusto Zimmermann LLB, LLM, PhD discussing ‘The Magna Carta and
The Rule of Law Institute of Australia, in association with the Sydney Law School and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are hosting an event titled ‘Anti-Terrorism Laws and the Magna Carta.’ Refreshments will be served from 6pm, with a panel discussion running from 6.30pm-7.30pm. Bret Walker SC, a member of the Magna Carta Committee of the Rule of
The first of a series of case studies was launched on the Magna Carta Legacy website. The website is an initiative of the Magna Carta Committee, made possible by a grant the Magna Carta 800 Committee. The Magna Carta Legacy website celebrates important legal ideas found in the world’s most famous legal document, the Magna Carta. The website explains key ideas
Students from Meriden, an Anglican School for Girls in Sydney, have recognised the unique role of the Magna Carta in Australian society and have created a fitting tribute – a modern Australian Baron. Meriden Visual Arts students from years 10 and 11 have illustrated the Baron, Robert de Ros (nicknamed “Sir Bob”) with a tribute to the Australian artist Margaret
The Committee is pleased to announce the launch of our Magna Carta Exhibition at the High Court of Australia – ‘Magna Carta: To None Will We Deny Justice‘. The exhibition will be open until the end of June. Nicholas Cowdery, Chairman of the Magna Carta Committee, launched the exhibition following a lecture in the Main Court given by Professor Paul
The much anticipated Magna Carta Symposium was held on Thursday 7 May 2015. The symposium was a great success and was booked out a week before the event. Around 100 attendees packed into the Dixson Room at the NSW State Library to hear from a range of distinguished speakers about the history of the Magna Carta and its relevance today. Dr Alex Byrne