David Hodgson (judge)

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David Hargraves Hodgson AO (1939 – 5 June 2012) was a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy.

Education

Hodgson was educated at Sydney Grammar School. In 1962 he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney, the same year as fellow judges Murray Gleeson and Michael Kirby.[1]

Hodgson subsequently studied as a Rhodes Scholar, attaining a DPhil at University College, Oxford.[2] H.L.A. Hart described Hodgson as the ablest Doctor of Philosophy student he had ever had.[3][4]

Career

In 1962 Hodgson served as associate to High Court judge Sir Victor Windeyer.[5] He was admitted to the bar in 1965, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1979.[2]

Hodgson was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1983. He was Chief Judge in Equity from 1997–2001, and was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2001.[2]

He also served as a Commissioner of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission part-time,[6] and was assistant editor of the Australian Law Journal from 1969-76.[2] He died on 5 June 2012.[7]

Publications

Hodgson has written numerous philosophical articles, mainly dealing with issues in philosophy of the mind.[8] He writes primarily on the topics of free will and consciousness. Hodgson is the author of three books published by Oxford University Press, Consequences of Utilitarianism (1967), The Mind Matters: Consciousness and Choice in a Quantum World (1991) and Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will (2011). The judge has also written on probability and plausible reasoning.

References

  1. ↑ Michael Kirby, The Supreme Court of NSW, Tradition and Diversity, speech given 12 February 2004
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Who's Who in Australia
  3. ↑ Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable David Hodgson AO, 9 August 2011 at [12].
  4. ↑ Nicola Lacey, A Life of H. L. A. Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream (2004), p. 262.
  5. ↑ Blackshield, Tony, Coper, Michael & Williams, ed. (2001). "Associates". The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-554022-0. 
  6. ↑ NSW Law Reform Commission website
  7. ↑ NSW Bar Association
  8. ↑ Philosophical Articles by David Hodgson
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