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Speeches by Former Members
The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan, AC KBE
Speech on Swearing
in as Chief Justice, Canberra, 21 April 1995,
Law Institute of Victoria
Dinner, Melbourne, 26 May 1995,
The Inaugural Deakin
Law School Oration, Melbourne, 26 July 1995, "Courts for the
People - Not People's Courts",
Launch of the Sydney
Law Review, Sydney, 27 July 1995, "The Internationalisation
of Australian Law",
6th Conference of Chief
Justices of Asia and the Pacific, Beijing, 17 August 1995,
"The Courts and Culture",
75th Anniversary of
the Engineers Case, Australian National University, 31 August
1995, "Three Cheers for the Engineers",
The Mason Court and
Beyond Conference, Melbourne, 8 September 1995, "A Tribute
to the Hon. Sir Anthony Mason, AC KBE",
The Mason Court and
Beyond Conference, Melbourne, 10 September 1995, "Looking
to the Future - Principal Issues Confronting Different Courts
of Final Jurisdiction on the Eve of the 21st Century",
7th International Appellate
Judges Conference, Ottawa, 27 September 1995, "Aboriginal
Land Claims - An Australian Perspective",
Central Queensland Law Association
- Dinner to Celebrate the Centenary of the First Central Judge,
Rockhampton, 1 December 1995,
New Zealand Court and Court
of Appeal Judges' Conference, Dunedin, 12 April 1996, "Why be a Judge ?",
50th Anniversary of the
International Court of Justice, Opening of Colloquium, Canberra,
18 May 1996,
University of Queensland,
Law Graduation Ceremony, Brisbane, 4 June 1996,
The Administrative Appeals
Tribunal - 20th Anniversary Conference, Canberra, 1 July 1996,
"The AAT - Twenty Years Forward",
University of New South
Wales, Faculty of Law - Anniversary Dinner, Sydney, 18 July
1996,
Australian Bar Association
Conference - Opening Address, San Francisco, 18 August 1996,
"Profession or Service Industry : The Choice",
Australian Institute
of Judicial Administration - 15th Annual Conference, Wellington,
New Zealand, 20-22 September 1996 "Key Issues in Judicial
Administration",
National Judicial Orientation
Programme, Wollongong, 13 October 1996, "The Role of the Judge",
The Australian Judicial Conference,
University House, Australian National University, Canberra,
2 November 1996, "Judicial Independence",
The Third Branch and
the Fourth Estate, Radio Telefis Eireann, O'Reilly Hall, University
College Dublin, 22 April 1997, "Broadcasting, Society and
the Law",
The Australian
Institute of Judicial Administration, Asia / Pacific Courts
Conference, Sydney, 22 August 1997, Joint Presentation with
the Hon Mr Justice Yong Pung How, Chief Justice of Singapore,
15th Lawasia
Conference, Manila, 30 August 1997, "The Significance of the
Beijing Statement of Principles of the Independence of the
Judiciary",
30th Annual
Legal Convention, Melbourne, 19 September 1997, "The State
of the Judicature",
An Address
on the Occasion of the Naming of Magna Carta Place, Langton
Cresent, Canberra, 12 October 1997,
School of
Law, Bond University, 21 February 1998, "The Parliament, The
Executive and the Courts: Roles and Immunities",
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The
Hon Murray Gleeson,
AC
Law and Change, Flinders University Investigator Lecture, Adeliade, 19 November 2008,
Social Invisibility - St Vincent de Paul Society Inaugural Gerald Ward Lecture, 7 November 2008,
The Purpose of Litigation, The Martin Kriewaldt Memorial Address, Darwin, 12 August 2008,
The Meaning of Legislation: Context, Purpose and Respect for Fundamental Rights, Victoria Law Foundation Oration, Melbourne, 31 July 2008,
Embracing Independence, Local Courts of NSW Annual Conference, 2nd July 2008,
The Privy Council – An Australian Perspective, The Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society, The Commercial Bar Association, and The Chancery Bar Association, London, 18 June 2008,
The Role of a Judge in a Representative Democracy, Judiciary of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Judiciary of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 4 January 2008,
Some Legal Scenery. Judicial Conference of Australia, Sydney, 5 October 2007,
Australia's Contribution to the Common Law, Singapore Academy of Law. 20 September 2007,
Australian Academy of Law Launch, Government House, Brisbane, 17 July 2007,
The Role of a Judge in a Criminal Trial, Lawasia Conference, Hong Kong, 6 June 2007,
The Influence of the Privy Council on Australia, Anglo-Australian Lawyers Society, Sydney, 31 May 2007,
The Constitutional Decisions of the Founding Fathers,
University of Notre Dame, School of Law (Sydney), Inaugural Annual Lecture, 27 March 2007,
The State of the Judicature, 35th Australian Legal Convention, Sydney 25 March 2007,
Public Confidence in the Courts, National Judicial College of Australia, Canberra, 9 February 2007,
A Core Value, Annual Colloquium, Judicial Conference of Australia, Canberra, 6 October 2006,
National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference, Melbourne, 11 August 2006,
Outcome, Process and the Rule of Law, Administrative Appeals Tribunal 30th Anniversary; Canberra 2 August 2006,
Examining Values, Australasian College of Surgeons, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 14 May 2006,
Civil or Criminal - What is the Difference?, 2006 Law Summer School, Perth, 24 February 2006,
The Federal Judiciary in Australia,
Federal Magistrates' Conference, Melbourne, 20 October 2005,
The Right to an Independent Judiciary, 14th Commonwealth Law Conference
London September 2005,
An Idea of Power, Polish Constitution
Commemoration, Melbourne, 3 May 2005,
The State of the Judicature,
19th Biennial Conference of Lawasia, Gold Coast, 24 March 2005,
Out of Touch or Out of Reach? Judicial
Conference of Australia Colloquium - Adelaide, 2 October 2004,
Rights and Values, Melbourne Catholic
Lawyers Association, Melbourne, 18 June 2004,
The National Judiciary,
The Sydney Institute, Wednesday, 9 June 2004,
Constitutional Law Conference, Parliament House,
Sydney 20 February 2004 : The High Court of Australia: Challenges for its
New Century,
Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference,
Auckland 27 January 2004 : Summary of Remarks at Conference Opening,
Legality
- Spirit and Principle, The Second
Magna Carta Lecture, New South
Wales Parliament House, Sydney,
20 November 2003,
Ceremonial
Sitting, Hobart, 3 November 2003,
Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, 6 October 2003,
The Centenary of the High Court: Lessons from History, Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne, 3 October 2003,
Judicial Conference of Australia, Colloquium - Darwin, 31 May 2003, "Judicial Selection and Training: Two Sides of the One Coin",
13th Commonwealth Law Conference, Melbourne, 17 April 2003, "The State of the Judicature",
Australian Bar Association Conference, Paris, 8 July 2002, "Global Influences on the Australian Judiciary",
The Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney, 14 June 2002, "The Birth, Life and Death of Section 74",
Public Confidence in the Judiciary, Judicial Conference of Australia, Launceston, 27 April 2002,
The
Oxford Companion to the High
Court of Australia, Launch -
Canberra 13 February 2002,
Courts and the Rule of Law, The Rule of Law Series, Melbourne University, 7 November 2001,
The State of Judicature, 14 October 2001,
Family Court Conference, Sydney, 27 July 2001, "Valuing Courts",
The Ninth Lucinda Lecture, Monash University, 24 July 2001, "The Shape of Representative Democracy",
International Conference on Regulation Reform, Management and Security of Legislation, Parliament House, New South Wales, 9 July 2001, "The Growth of Legislation and Regulation",
Griffith University, 20 April 2001, Occasional Address,
A Changing Judiciary, Judicial Conference of Australia, Uluru,7 April 2001,
Launch of the Victorian Bar Legal Assistance Scheme, Melbourne, 16 February 2001,
Valuing Intangibles, Sydney University, 3 February 2001,
St James Church Sydney, Christmas Service for Lawyers, 29 November 2000, Occasional Address,
Australian Bar Association Conference, New York, 2 July 2000, "Judicial Legitimacy",
Australian Law Reform Commission Conference, Sydney, 19 May 2000, "Managing Justice in the Australian Context",
Supreme Court of Japan, Tokyo, 17 January 2000, "Current Issues for the Australian Judiciary",
Women Lawyers' Association of New South Wales, 26 October 1999, "The Changing Paradigm",
Australian Legal Convention, Canberra, 10 October 1999, "The State of the Judicature",
Seventh
Australasian and Pacific Conference
on Delegated Legislation, Fourth
Australasian and Pacific Conference
on the Scrutiny of Bills, Parliament
House, Macquarie Street, Sydney,
21 July 1999,
Greek-Australian
International Legal & Medical
Conference, 31 May 1999, "Are
the Professions Worth Keeping?",
175th
Anniversary of the Supreme Court
of New South Wales, 17 May 1999,
The
University of Sydney, Graduation
Ceremony, 7 May 1999,
The
Sydney Institute, Sydney, 16
March 1999, "Legal Oil and
Political Vinegar",
Judicial
Conference of Australia - Third
Annual Colloquium, Gold Coast,
8 November 1998, "The Future
State of the Judicature",
Supreme
Court of New South Wales, Judges'
Conference, 11 September 1998, "Commentary
on Paper by Lord Browne-Wilkinson",
National
Judicial Orientation Programme,
Sydney, 16 August 1998, "The
Role of the Judge and Becoming
a Judge",
ALTA
Conference, Dunedin, 7 July 1998, "The
Future of Civil Justice - Adjudication
or Dispute Resolution ?"
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The Hon Mary Gaudron
Speech
for Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, 50th Anniversary
Gala Dinner, NSW Parliament House, Sydney, 13 June 2002,
Occasional
Address, Conferral of Degrees Ceremony, School of Law, Graduate
School of Business and School of Education, University of
Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Friday 29 October 1999,
Speech
to Launch Australian Women Lawyers, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne,
Friday 19 September 1997,
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The Hon Michael McHugh, AC
"The Need for Agitators - the Risk of Stagnation"
Sydney University Law Society Public Forum, Sydney, 12 October 2005,
"Working as a High Court Justice"
Speech to the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, and the Law Society of Newcastle,
Newcastle, 17 August 2005,
"Dancing in the Streets - The Defamation Tango,
Australian Bar Association Conference, Dublin, 29 June - 2 July 2005,
Speech to Welcome 2005 New Silks,
The Great Hall, High Court of Australia, Canberra, 31 January 2005,
The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the High
Court: 1989-2004, The Inaugural Sir Anthony Mason Lecture in Constitutional Law,
26 November 2004, Banco Court, Sydney,
Women Justices for the High Court,
Speech delivered at the High Court Dinner hosted by the Western Australia Law Society,
27 October 2004,
The Strengths of the Weakest Arm,
Keynote address, Australian Bar Association Conference, Florence, 2 July 2004,
Australian
Bar Association Conference, Paris,
10 July 2002, Tensions
between the Executive and the
Judiciary,
The
High Court and the Oxford Companion
to the High Court, Botanical
Gardens Restaurant, 15 February
2002,
The
Australian Bar Association Conference,
London, 5 July 1998, Democracy
and the Law, "The Judicial
Method",
The
University of Newcastle, Graduation
Ceremony, 8 May 1998, "Youth
and Leadership in Modern Australia",
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The Hon Ian Callinan
Federal Ceremonial Sitting for the Centenary of the Bar Association of Queensland, Brisbane, 13 June 2003, Opening Speech,
New Silks Ceremony, High Court of Australia, 31 January 2000, "A Toast to the New Silks",
Australasian
Pioneers' Club, Brisbane Queensland,
27 August 1999, "People,
Places and the Arts on Federation",
Speakers'
Forum, University of New South
Wales, 17 August 1999, "Courts:
First and Final",
The
Migration Institute of Australia
Ltd, 1999 National Conference
and AGM, Wesley Centre Theatre,
26 March 1999, "Review and
Appeals in Migration Law",
The Archbishop Sir James Duhig Memorial Lecture, Mayne Hall, University of Queensland, 9 September 1998, "Law, Society and Culture at the Turn of the Century",
Corporations
Law Update Conference, Sydney
Marriott Hotel, 26 October 1998, "The
Corporate Law Economic Reform
Programme: An Overview",
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Speeches by current members
of the High Court
Last updated 20 November 2008
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