Speeches/Articles by Chief Justice (Anthony) Murray Gleeson AC QC

‘The Judicial Method: Essentials and Inessentials’ (Address, District and County Court Judges’ Conference, Sydney, 25 June 2009) 

‘Statutory Interpretation’ (Justice Hill Memorial Lecture, 24th National Convention, Taxation Institute of Australia, Sydney, 11 March 2009)

‘Law and Change’ (The Investigator Lecture, Flinders University, Adelaide, 19 November 2008)

‘Social Invisibility’ (Inaugural Gerald Ward Lecture, St Vincent de Paul Society, Canberra, 7 November 2008)

‘The Purpose of Litigation’ (Martin Kriewaldt Memorial Address, Darwin, 12 August 2008) 

‘The Meaning of Legislation: Context, Purpose and Respect for Fundamental Rights’ (Victorian Law Foundation Oration, Melbourne, 31 July 2008)

‘Embracing Independence’ (Paper, Local Courts of NSW Annual Conference, Sydney, 2 July 2008) 

‘The Privy Council: An Australian Perspective’ (Address, 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’ (Paper, Judiciary of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. 4 January 2008) 

‘Some Legal Scenery’ (Paper, Eleventh Colloquium of the Judicial Conference of Australia, Sydney, 5 October 2007)

‘Australia’s Contribution to the Common Law’ (14th Singapore Academy of Law Annual Lecture, Supreme Court of Singapore, 20 September 2007) 

‘Australian Academy of Law Launch’ (Speech, Government House, Brisbane, 17 July 2007)

‘The Role of a Judge in a Criminal Trial’ (Paper, Lawasia Conference, Hong Kong, 6 June 2007)

‘The Influence of the Privy Council on Australia’ (Address, Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society, Sydney, 31 May 2007) 

‘The Constitutional Decisions of the Founding Fathers’ (Inaugural Annual Lecture, University of Notre Dame School of Law, Sydney, 27 March 2007)

‘The State of the Judicature’ (Speech, 35th Australian Legal Convention, Sydney, 25 March 2007)

‘Public Confidence in the Courts’ (Speech, National Judicial College of Australia, Canberra, 9 February 2007) 

‘A Core Value’ (Paper, Annual Colloquium, Judicial Conference of Australia, Canberra, 6 October 2006) 

‘Opening Address’ (Inaugural National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference, Melbourne, 11 August 2006)

‘Outcome, Process and the Rule of Law’ (Keynote Speech, Administrative Appeals Tribunal 30th Anniversary, Old Parliament House, Canberra, 2 August 2006) 

‘Examining Values’ (Speech, Australasian College of Surgeons, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 14 May 2006) 

‘Civil or Criminal: What is the Difference?’ (Paper, 2006 Law Summer School, Perth, 24 February 2006) 

‘The Federal Judiciary in Australia’ (Paper, Federal Magistrates’ Conference, Melbourne, 20 October 2005)

‘The Right to an Independent Judiciary’ (Paper, 14th Commonwealth Law Conference, London, September 2005) 

‘An Idea of Power’ (Speech, Polish Constitution Commemoration, Melbourne, 3 May 2005)

‘The State of the Judicature’ (Speech, 19th Biennial Conference of Lawasia and 11th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific, Gold Coast, 24 March 2005)

‘Out of Touch or Out of Reach?’ (Keynote Address, Judicial Conference of Australia Colloquium, Adelaide, 2 October 2004) 

‘Rights and Values’ (Speech, Melbourne Catholic Lawyers Association, Melbourne, 18 June 2004)

‘The National Judiciary’ (Paper, The Sydney Institute, Sydney, 9 June 2004)

‘The High Court of Australia: Challenges for Its New Century’ (Speech, 2004 Constitutional Law Conference, Parliament House, Sydney, 20 February 2004)

‘Summary of Remarks at Conference Opening’ (Supreme and Federal Court Judges’ Conference, Auckland, 27 January 2004)

‘Legality: Spirit and Principle’ (Second Magna Carta Lecture, NSW Parliament House, Sydney, 20 November 2003)

‘The Centenary of the High Court: Lessons from History’ (Paper, Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne, 3 October 2003)

‘Judicial Selection and Training: Two Sides of the One Coin’ (Address, Judicial Conference of Australia Colloquium, Darwin, 31 May 2003)

‘The State of the Judicature’ (Paper, 13th Commonwealth Law Conference, Melbourne, 17 April 2003) 

‘Global Influences on the Australian Judiciary’ (Paper, Australian Bar Association Conference, Paris, 8 July 2002)

‘The Birth, Life and Death of Section 74’ (Dinner Address, Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney, 14 June 2002) 

‘Public Confidence in the Judiciary’ (Paper, Sixth Colloquium of the Judicial Conference of Australia, Launceston, 27 April 2002) 

‘Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia Launch’ (Speech, High Court of Australia, Canberra, 13 February 2002) 

‘Courts and the Rule of Law’ (Paper, Rule of Law Series, University of Melbourne, 7 November 2001) 

‘The State of the Judicature’ (Address, National Legal Convention, Canberra, 14 October 2001) 

‘Valuing Courts’ (Address, Family Court Conference, Sydney, 27 July 2001)

‘The Shape of Representative Democracy’ (Ninth Lucinda Lecture, Monash University, 24 July 2001) 

‘The Growth of Legislation and Regulation’ (Speech, International Conference on Regulation Reform, Management and Scrutiny of Legislation, Parliament House, Sydney, 9 July 2001) 

‘Occasional Address’ [on Receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Griffith University] (20 April 2001) 

‘A Changing Judiciary’ (Address, Judicial Conference of Australia, Uluru, 7 April 2001)

‘Address’ (Launch of the Victorian Bar Legal Assistance Scheme, Melbourne, 16 February 2001)

‘Valuing Intangibles’ (Speech, Sydney University, 3 February 2001)

‘Occasional Address’ (Speech, Christmas Service for Lawyers, St James Church, Sydney, 29 November 2000) 

‘Judicial Legitimacy’ (Speech, Australian Bar Association Conference, New York, 2 July 2000)

‘Managing Justice in the Australian Context’ (Speech, Australian Law Reform Commission Conference, Sydney, 19 May 2000) 

‘Current Issues for the Australian Judiciary’ (Speech, Supreme Court of Japan, Tokyo, 17 January 2000) 

‘The Changing Paradigm’ (Speech, Women Lawyers’ Association of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 October 1999)

‘The State of the Judicature’ (Speech, Australian Legal Convention, Canberra, 10 October 1999)

‘Opening Speech’ (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)

‘Are the Professions Worth Keeping?’ (Speech, Greek-Australian International Legal & Medical Conference, Kos, 31 May 1999)

‘Address’ (175th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 17 May 1999)

‘Address’ (on being Conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Graduation Ceremony, University of Sydney, 7 May 1999)

‘Legal Oil and Political Vinegar’ (Speech, The Sydney Institute, 16 March 1999) 

‘The Future State of the Judicature’ (Speech, Judicial Conference of Australia,  Colloquium on the Courts and the Future, Surfers Paradise, 8 November 1998)

‘Commentary on Paper by Lord Browne-Wilkinson’ (Paper, Supreme Court of New South Wales Judges’ Conference, 11 September 1998)

‘The Role of the Judge and Becoming a Judge’ (Speech, National Judicial Orientation Programme, Sydney, 16 August 1998)

‘The Future of Civil Justice: Adjudication or Dispute Resolution?’ (Address, Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, 7 July 1998)