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In this seminar Professor Leslie J Moran analyses judicial swearing in speeches as ‘live performance’, focusing on the ceremony for Lady Justice Macur during which a box of 'Mr Kipling’s Bakewell tarts’ was presented to the Lord Chief Justice. Moran explores the gendering of judicial virtues staged through the swearing in ceremony.
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Date & time
Tue 23 Sep 2014, 1–2pm
Location
Moot Court, ANU College of Law, Building 5, Fellows Rd, ANU
Speakers
Professor Leslie J Moran, University of London
