EPISODE · Nov 3, 2025 · 54 MIN
Why we need to cancel cancel culture — with defamation barrister Sue Chrysanthou
from Big Ideas · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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.SpeakersSue Chrysanthou Defamation barristerJames Waters (host) Commercial law barrister
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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
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