The Undermining of the Family: A Long-term Project, Can Do Australia’s Voice

Published Date: August 14, 2012 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Politics and Current Affairs, Religion


Professor Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, visited Sydney recently as keynote speaker at the John Paul II Leaders Forum. Praised by US Supreme Court Justice and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan as “one of the nation’s most respected legal theorists”, he is the celebrated author of fourteen books and numerous articles. Pointing out that in Australia the institution of the family had been undermined for decades by a series of legislative and government decisions, I suggested that the proposal for same sex marriage should not be seen in isolation. I asked if there had been a similar undermining of the institution of marriage — over many years — in the United States. This was his answer.

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The Respondent with Robert P. George & Greg Ellis

Published Date: June 15, 2021 | Source: The Respondent | Media Type: Podcast | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Philosophy

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University Robert P. George on the breakdown of the family unit, family law, jurisprudence, love, meaning and much more.

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Interview with Professor Robert P. George

Published Date: March 6, 2021 | Source: The Princeton Tory | Media Type: Podcast | Topics: Politics and Current Affairs

Is “Trumpism” a real ideology? How will the future of the Republican Party be defined by Donald Trump? In the aftermath of his first public appearance since leaving office, Billy sits down with Professor Robert P. George, Princeton’s McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and the Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, […]

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