The Honourable Chief Justice Helen Bowskill drew on the approach of the father of modern sculpture when she spoke at the Queensland Law Society’s President’s Dinner on 21 February.
At Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Chief Justice Bowskill pointed to works by the French sculptor Rodin “whose aim was to invest sculpture with a psychological and emotional dimension, and to express tangible realism, energy and vitality through the object itself rather than its narrative”.
She connected the perfectionist artist’s approach to that of practitioners as guardians of the law.
“If you look at the changing political and social landscape across the world, this is one of those important times – and there have been many in the past – when clear and accurate communication, of the value and importance of the rule of law, of the centrality of judicial independence to the ability of all to socially and economically flourish, and of our commitment as participants in the administration of justice – lawyers, judges and administrators – to a fair society (is needed),” she said.
Chief Justice Bowskill was among those invited to the dinner, where the President’s Medal was awarded to Professor Sharon Christensen and honorary memberships to 21 practitioners.
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