| Established | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Chair | Ian Callinan |
| Executive Director | Xavier Boffa |
| Website | www.samuelgriffith.org |
The Samuel Griffith Society is an Australian conservative[1] legal organisation founded in 1992 by a group led by former Chief Justice of Australia Sir Harry Gibbs, former Senator John Stone, businessman Hugh Morgan and legal academic Greg Craven.[2][1] Named after Sir Samuel Griffith, one of the architects of the Australian Constitution, the society describes its aims as being: "to undertake and support research into [Australia's] constitutional arrangements, to encourage and promote widespread debate about the benefits of federalism, and to defend the present Constitution."[3] It holds annual conferences, runs an annual national constitutional law essay competition and publishes an annual journal of conference proceedings entitled "Upholding the Australian Constitution".[4][5][6]
It is one of a number of groups including the H. R. Nicholls Society, Bennelong Society and Lavoisier Group, that were promoted by Australian business leader and political activist Ray Evans.[7]
The Society is currently led by former High Court Justice Ian Callinan.[8]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "The Samuel Griffith Society".
- ^ National Library of Australia, Catalogue
- ^ "Published papers".
- ^ Deakin Law Students' Society The National Sir Samuel Griffith Prize 2016
- ^ Kelly, Dominic (2019), Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics: The Hard Right in Australia, La Trobe University Press, Melbourne, Australia, ISBN 9781743820766, "The H.R. Nicholls Society [...], the Samuel Griffith Society (1992, constitutional issues), the Bennelong Society [...], and the Lavoisier Group [...] were each established by Western Mining Corporation executives Hugh Morgan and Ray Evans, with the assistance of various other figures associated with the political right."
- ^ [1] Callinan, Ian (2019) "Concluding Remarks", Upholding the Australian Constitution.