theme of anti simitism of the merchant of Venice 50 words
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begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet and pay my respect to the elders, past and present, and to acknowledge emerging community leaders of the Wadjuk people of the Nyungar nation and acknowledge any Indigenous guests attending today.
Dean Professor Paul Fairall and I go back a long way as Law Deans in various places. I am now of the genre, in its past perfect tense of ‘has-Dean’, where he is of the ‘present and continuous’ tenses, of ‘always will be Dean’.
When Paul spoke to me about the possibility of speaking at this ALTA conference, I was delighted: both as to being drawn back into the warm, familiar environment of law teachers; but also because of the opportunity opened up by the enticing theme of the conference. He contacted me in March, when I was still deeply involved in the panel, chaired by the Hon Philip Ruddock, looking at the protection of religious freedom in Australia. The topic leapt to mind: that I would use as my Merchant of Venice focal point the character of Shylock, and use the speech as an opportunity to reflect upon issues concerning antisemitism in this, the 70th anniversary year, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.