Caring for intergenerational justice

• Published in: Alternative law journal Vol. 47; no. 3; p. 167
• Main Author: Sharma, Anjali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Clayton, Vic SAGE Publications 01-09-2022; Legal Service Bulletin Co-Operative Ltd
• Subjects: Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Environmental protection; Evidence; Justice; Justice, Administration of; Legal system; Reasonable care (Law); Young adults; AUSTRALIA
• ISSN: 1037-969X; 2398-9084
• DOI: 10.1177/1037969X221110429

As a year 9 student on a school trip to the Melbourne Magistrates' Court, sitting in the last row and half-listening to a traffic offence case, I would have been wondering where to have lunch with friends once the teacher let us off on break, or trying to remember if I'd put enough money on my Myki to get home. Thinking about what it must be like to face off with the law would have only fleetingly, if ever, crossed my mind. Just over three years later, if I could describe in one word how it feels to be embroiled in a two-year legal sparring match with one of Australia’s most powerful politicians, that word would be ‘small’. In my time spent walking the endless halls of the Federal Court, trailing behind my suit-clad, briefcase-wielding legal team, trying to digest hours and hours of legal jargon, I felt small.