REFLEXIÓK A MELBOURN-I EGYETEM JOGI KARÁNAK MEGALAKULÁSÁRÓL

This study attempts to survey certain aspects of the founding of the University of Melbourne and its law school in the British Crown Colony of Victoria (the present-day Australian State of Victoria). This includes looking at the historical background and impetus behind the establishment of these institutions. Furthermore, the paper has a certain migration studies aspect, specifically discussing the important role of certain Irish Protestants in the early history of Victoria’s legal profession, the University of Melbourne and its law school.