US judge delivers County Court lecture

1 September 2004

Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, left, with Monash Law dean Professor Arie Freiberg at the County Court.

A senior US judge spoke about America's legal position on detainees in a lecture at the Melbourne County Court on Monday 30 August.

Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain of the Ninth US Court of Appeals delivered the lecture, which was co-hosted by the Monash Law faculty and the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration.

The senior judge on the Circuit Court of Appeals, who is also a long-time observer of the US Supreme Court and judiciary, discussed the recent US Supreme Court ruling on detainees and the military commissions established by the US Government to try people described as "unlawful enemy combatants".

For more information, or for a copy of Judge O'Scannlain's lecture, call Robyn Anns, Monash Media, on + 61 3 9905 9317 or 0417 568 781.