2007 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner
2007 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner
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A major conference on constitutional law, the sixth in a series, was held at the Art Gallery of NSW on Friday 16 February 2007. The event was organised by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law with the support of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law. The conference focused on developments in the High Court and other Australian courts in 2006 and beyond. It was addressed by leading practitioners, government lawyers, judges and academics. The conference was followed by dinner at NSW Parliament House, hosted by NSW Attorney-General, the Hon Bob Debus. Speakers at the conference reviewed the key themes and statistics of the Court. Brochure available |
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| 2007 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner | |||||||||||||
| Date | Friday, 16 February 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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Session AudioPapers
Below is the listing of Speakers and their downloadable papers. Click on the title name of the paper to download it.
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Other Conference Documents
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High Court Trivia Quiz |
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Table Question Part One |
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Table Question Part Two |
- The Hon Duncan Kerr SC, Commonwealth Parliament
The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2006 Term - Dr Andrew Lynch and Professor George Williams, University of New South Wales
The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2006 Statistics - Professor Larissa Behrendt, University of Technology, Sydney
The 1967 Referendum - 40 Years On - Peter Applegarth SC, Queensland Bar
The Work Choices Case: Corporation Power Aspects - Professor Andrew Stewart, Flinders University
The Work Choices Case: What it Means for Labour Regulation - Professor Leslie Zines AO, Australian National University
The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2006 Term - Sean Brennan, University of New South Wales
The State of Play on Acquisition of Property: Theophanous v The Commonwealth - Dr Carolyn Evans, University of Melbourne
State Charters of Human Rights - A New Wave of Change - Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, Commonwealth Parliament
Achieving Constitutional Change - Is a Republic (or anything else) possible? - James Faulkner, Commonwealth Attorney-General`s Department
Mere Externality Prevails: XYZ v Commonwealth
