I come to the end of this kaleidoscope of ideas. I have followed the thread of Ariadne to lead me through the maze. I hope, like Theseus, I have avoided the Minotaur. The quest for perfection is the product of an evolutionary human desire to improve the species and the world. It has produced reassuring institutions, as I believe the High Court of Australia is. It has produced strong constitutional and legal principles. It has given rise to wonderful moments as perfect as humans can make them, such as the ascent of Everest and the choir bursting into the anthem at Westminster Abbey. It has produced astonishing discoveries of science and marvellous inventiveness. But it has also produced many puzzles and dilemmas, wrongs and dangers. A number of them challenge the future of law.
Right? Well, in an essay, I wrote:
... the thread of Ariadne.
This is a common logic descriptor. Yet, the prof writes, in that red scrawly ink:
What the hell is this?
Damn you Kirby.
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