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Contents
• Foreword by T.R. Andhyarujina, Senior Advocate, former Solicitor-General of India
• H.M. Seervai Centenary Lecture by Justice Michael Kirby
• Why the Critical Commentary on Constitutional Law was Commenced
• Introduction to "Evoking H.M. Seervai" by H.M. Seervai's wife Feroza H. Seervai
• H.M. Seenai: A Man of Character, Courage and Commitment by
T.R. Andhyarujina from Constitutional Perspectives, Essays in Honour and
Memory of H.M. Seervai
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Author Details
Justice Kirby was born in Sydney and educated in public schools, including Fort Street Boys' High School. He holds the degrees BA LLM BEc from Sydney University. The degree of LLM was conferred on him with First Class Honours.
Justice Kirby practised as a solicitor and then as a barrister before his appointment in December 1974 as a Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. He is the youngest man appointed to federal judicial
office in Australia. He held that position to 1983 and for the period 1 975-1 983, he also served as the inaugural chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission. In 1 983 he took up appointment as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He relinquished that post in 1 984 on his appointment as President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, a position he held until 1996. In August 1995 he was concurrently appointed to the post of President of the Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands. He resigned these positions when he was appointed in February 1996 as one of The seven Justices of the High Court of Australia, Australia's federal Supreme Court, a position he still holds.
He has held numerous national and international position including on the Board of CSIRO, as President of the Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands, as UN Special Representative in Cambodia and as president of the International Commission of Jurists. In 1991 he was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia
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