The recommendations from the trade union royal commission are an echo from the ages. But what’s happened to Dyson Heydons normal Latinisms and diversions into ancient Rome and the Soviet Union?Lovers of Dyson Heydon’s literary and historical flourishes must feel let down by the final report of the trade union royal commission. In his many speeches and judgments we’re used to Heydon’s diversions into post-war Europe,ancient Rome, communism, or the cold war,the Soviet Union, Othello and the Marquis of Halifax. Even the French revolutionary theorist the Abbé Sieyès made an extraordinary appearance in Heydon’s Malaysian declaration judgment (where the Gillard government was trying, or unsuccessfully,to cart off asylum seekers to a country not a signatory to the Refugee Convention). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com