It contains a summary of remarks made in a public conversation held at the University of Melbourne Law School on Monday, 20 March 2017 between Hon Michael Kirby and the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Carolyn Evans. It provides a link to the actual conversation between Dean Evans and Hon Michael Kirby. It deals with the latter's career; perceived defects in law and law reform in Australia; the need for constitutional change; the role of international law in the application of Australian domestic (municipal) law; and his activities in the United Nations and with international law since he retired from the High Court of Australia in 2009.
