2012 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner
A major conference on constitutional law, the eleventh in a series, was held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday 17 February 2012. 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 2011 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 Greg Smith, SC.
Brochures [General] and [Academic] now available.
Webcast
Session 1: The Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2011 Term
Speakers for this session:
Professor Jeffrey Goldsworthy
The Hon Justice Alan Robertson
Professor Andrew Lynch and Professor George Williams
Session 2: Recent Cases
Speakers for this session:
Dr Christos Mantziaris
Assistant Professor Rosalind Dixon
David Hume
Session 3: Current Constitutional Questions
Speakers for this session:
Nicola McGarrity
Nicholas Poynder
Professor Megan Davis
Session 4: The Changing State of Australian Federalism
Speakers for this session:
Michael Grant QC
Professor Cheryl Saunders AO
Senator Marise Payne
Papers
Assistant Professor Rosalind Dixon, University of Chicago
After Momcilovic: The State of Play
David Hume, Australian Government Solicitor
Wotton v Qld - Political Speech on Palm Island
Professors Andrew Lynch and George Williams, University of New South Wales
The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2011 Statistics
Dr Christos Mantziaris, New South Wales Bar
Williams v Commonwealth - The Commonwealth and the Chaplains
Nicola McGarrity, University of New South Wales
Designing Control Orders for Serious Crime Groups after Totani and Wainohu: Table and Paper
Senator Marise Payne, Shadow Minister for COAG
The Role of the Commonwealth Parliament in the Age of COAG
Nicholas Poynder, New South Wales Bar
The Constitution, the High Court and Asylum-Seekers
The Hon Justice Alan Robertson, Federal Court of Australia
- The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2011 Term - Case Synopsis Appendix
- The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2011 Term
Dinner Speaker: The Hon James Spigelman AC QC
A Tale of Two Panels
