James Joseph Macken AM (1927–2019) was an Australian lawyer, judge and human rights activist.
[1] on 2 June 1975 he was appointed a judge of the Industrial Commission of NSW and retired on 21 August 1989.
[2] After retiring as a judge, Macken continued to work as an academic and author, including lecturing in industrial relations at Sydney Law School.
[1][3] In September 2016, Macken offered to trade places with a refugee at one of the immigration detention camps operated in Nauru or Manus under Australia's Pacific Solution policy.
In June 2003 Macken was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to industrial relations as an advocate, judge, academic and author.