Interview with Professor Martha Nussbaum - Part 1

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Published 2017-10-11
In this Australian Law Journal video, Professor Martha Nussbaum shares her thoughts with the Hon Justice François Kunc and Dr Ruth Higgins SC on the role of emotion in the law. Professor Nussbaum argues that key legal concepts – for example, homicide and obscenity – are defined in terms of emotion. She responds to the question: Does teaching about emotion make for better lawyers?

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The Future of Australian Legal Education conference was proudly co-hosted in Sydney in August 2017 by The Australian Law Journal (published by Thomson Reuters) and the Australian Academy of Law. Opened by the Chief Justice of the Federal Court, the Hon James Allsop AO, the conference was a collaborative event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Australian Law Journal, the 10th anniversary of the Australian Academy of Law, and marked 30 years since the release of the Pearce Report on Australian law schools. The aim was to provide a national forum for the entire legal profession to come together and discuss formally the future of legal education.

The keynote speaker at the Future of Australian Legal Education Conference was world-renowned philosopher, distinguished author, and law professor, Professor Martha C. Nussbaum. Professor Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago Law School. She is also appointed to the Classics Department at the University of Chicago and an associate in the Classics Department, the Divinity School and the Political Science department.

In this special presentation in 4 parts, the General Editor of The Australian Law Journal, the Hon Justice François Kunc and Assistant General Editor, barrister Dr Ruth Higgins SC, interview Professor Nussbaum. They gain some unique insights into her role as an interdisciplinary “interloper” in the field of law.

To read more about the Australian Law Journal, visit legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/products/australian-law-journal/
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