John Finnis
John Mitchell Finnis (born 28 July 1940) is an Australian legal scholar and philosopher specialising in the philosophy of law. He is professor of law at University College, Oxford and at the University of Notre Dame, teaching jurisprudence, political theory, and constitutional law. He is admitted to the English Bar as a member of Gray's Inn.
Early life and education
Finnis was educated at St. Peter's College, Adelaide and the University of Adelaide, where he was a member of St. Mark's College. He obtained his LL.B. there, winning a Rhodes scholarship to University College, Oxford, in 1962, where he obtained his D.Phil. for a thesis on the concept of judicial power, with reference to Australian federal constitutional law.
Finnis was a friend of Aung San Suu Kyi, also an Oxford graduate; and, in 1989, Finnis nominated her for the Nobel Peace Prize. Aung San Suu Kyi won the prize but did not receive it until June 2012, when she recalled how her late husband, Michael Aris, had visited her under house arrest and brought her the news "that a friend, John Finnis" had nominated her for the prize.
John Finnis (captain)
John Finnis (3 December 1802 – 13 August 1872), generally known as "Captain Finnis", was a seaman who is remembered for his association with Charles Sturt in the early days of South Australia.
History
Finnis was born in Dover, a son of Gilbert Finnis and his wife Elizabeth Finnis (née Nash). He qualified as a mariner, and after a few years as a working captain, in 1831 with Joseph Montefiore purchased the barque Elizabeth, in which he spent five successful years whaling in the southern seas.
In September 1838, he, with Captain Charles Sturt, Giles Strangways and George McLeod (a Norfolk Island friend of Sturt) brought 400 cattle overland from the Hume River. In 1839 Finnis, with Hampden Dutton and Duncan McFarlane, purchased 4000 acres (the Mount Barker Special Survey, the first such), to the chagrin of John Barton Hack, who was squatting there and had no intimation of the Special Survey. The land was used to fatten their cattle for sale, and settle 39 German families. brought to Australia by George Fife Angas on the Zebra (Captain Hahn) and Catharina (Captain Schecht). The following year he drove 10,000 sheep from New South Wales to Adelaide with Nelson and John Tooth, then supervised several later musters. Early in 1841 he and Frederick Dutton had another 12,000 sheep brought overland, which they offered for sale in March 1841, and also quantities of brandy, cigars and tobacco which they had brought by sea.
Genuine Venus
She is walking down the street
Oh my god, she is so sweet
Can you really trust your eyes
Milk and honey, milk and honey
She's got those supermodel legs
She'd be the bacon on your eggs
There's nothing you want more than to
Spend your money, throw your money
Bridge:
Away - away
She'll stay
As long as you want to pay
Refrain:
She's gorgeous
She's the genuine venus
Just like a "back to life" Marilyn
And you know you'd do
Anything, anything
She comes to you and says: "Hello
Don't I know you from before?
Do you wanna take me home?"
She wants your money, wants your money
Look at her pearl necklace teeth
A warning you don't wanna see
Is she directly from hell?
She wants your money, take your money
Your're a star an she is you satelite
You're the men and she's your shining light
Leks a diamond in the sky
Come on, come on, come on [3x]
Let's dance
Come on, come on, come on [3x]
Angle face
Your're a star an she is you satelite
You're the men and she's your shining light
