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Why we need to cancel cancel culture — with defamation barrister Sue Chrysanthou

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When people say or do the wrong thing, we have laws and a legal system that should be able to deliver consequences and, hopefully justice. But in this digital age, the human instinct to inflict punishment in the court of public opinion has reached fever pitch. So do we want to live by mob rule, or the rule of law?

The 2025 James Merralls Fellowship in Law Lecture, hosted by the University of Melbourne Law School and the Victorian Bar, was recorded on 4 September 2025.

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Sue Chrysanthou Defamation barrister

James Waters (host) Commercial law barrister

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1255 episodes

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When people say or do the wrong thing, we have laws and a legal system that should be able to deliver consequences and, hopefully justice. But in this digital age, the human instinct to inflict punishment in the court of public opinion has reached fever pitch. So do we want to live by mob rule, or the rule of law?

The 2025 James Merralls Fellowship in Law Lecture, hosted by the University of Melbourne Law School and the Victorian Bar, was recorded on 4 September 2025.

Speakers

Sue Chrysanthou Defamation barrister

James Waters (host) Commercial law barrister

  continue reading

1255 episodes

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