28 Speeches/Articles by Justice James Edelman AC
2024
The Fourteenth Sir Harry Gibbs Memorial Oration, The Thirty-Fourth Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society, Gold Coast, 25 May 2024, “Overturning Al-Kateb v Godwin: Unanswered Questions about the Rules of Precedent”
Book Review by Justice James Edelman of Robert Stevens, “The Laws of Restitution”, (2024) 140 Law Quarterly Review 321, published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ
‘Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements, Vitiating Factors, and the Role of a Trial Judge’ (Peter Nygh Memorial Lecture, 20th National Family Law Conference, Perth, 1 November 2024)
- ‘Foreword to the Fourth Edition’ in Joshua Thomson, Leigh Warnick and Ken Martin, Commercial Contract Clauses: Principles andInterpretation (Lawbook, 4thed, 2024)
- ‘The Liability of Statutory Authorities for Torts’ in Andrew Robertson and Jason W Neyers (eds), Private Law and the State (Hart, 2024) 101
- ‘The History and Influence of McGregor on Damages’ in Celebrating 225 Years of Sweet & Maxwell: Discover the Stories Behind the Books (LinkedIn, November 2024)
2023
- Chapter 13 “Direct and Vicarious Liability of Corporations”, by Justice James Edelman in Edwin Peel and Rebecca Probert (eds), “Shaping the Law of Obligations: Essays in Honour of Professor Ewan McKendrick KC” (Oxford University Press, 30 November 2023) -
- Book Foreword in Professor Warren Swain and Dr Sagi Peari (eds), “Rethinking Unjust Enrichment: History, Sociology, Doctrine, and Theory” (Oxford University Press, 21 April 2023)
- Chapter 8 “Equitable Damages”, by Justice James Edelman in Ben McFarlane and Steven Elliott KC (eds), “Equity Today 150 Years After the Judicature Reforms” (Hart Publishing, 29 June 2023)
Book Foreword in Timothy Liau, “Standing in Private Law: Powers of Enforcement in the Law of Obligations and Trusts” (Oxford University Press, 21 July 2023)
2022
- Book Review by Justice James Edelman and Susanna Connolly of Paul Daly, “Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World”, (2022) 29 Australian Journal of Administrative Law 215
- Speech “Menzies and the Law” given at the Robert Menzies Institute Conference, The University of Melbourne, 18 November 2021; Chapter 3 “Menzies and the Law”, by Justice James Edelman and Angela Kittikhoun in Zachary Gorman (ed), “The Young Menzies: Success, Failure, Resilience 1894-1942” (Melbourne University Press, 29 November 2022)
- “Mutual Borrowing and Judicial Dialogue between the Apex Courts of Australia and the United Kingdom”, by Mary Arden and Justice James Edelman, (2022) 138Law Quarterly Review 217-
Spigelman Public Law Oration, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 21 April 2022; “Implications”, (2022) 96Australian Law Journal 800
- Book Foreword in Paula Giliker (ed), “Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World” (Hart Publishing, 20 October 2022)
2021
- Original Constitutional Lessons: Marriage, Defence, Juries, and Aliens' (2021) 47(3) Monash University Law Review 1 –
- Chapter in Andrew Dickinson and Edwin Peel (eds), A Conflict Of Laws Companion (Oxford University Press, 17 June 2021)
2020
- Foreword to Janina Boughey and Lisa Burton Crawford (eds), Interpreting Executive Power (The Federation Press, 20 January 2020).
- The Interpretation of Written Contracts, Mr Justice Russell Brown Law Lecture Series, January 9, 2020 , University of Alberta (Published in C Mitchell and S Watterson (eds), The World of Maritime and Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Francis Rose (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2020)).
- Foreword to Bant, Barker and Degeling (eds), Research Handbook on Unjust Enrichment and Restitution, (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019)
2019
- The future of the Australian business corporation: a legal perspective, Supreme Court of New South Wales Corporate and Commercial Law Conference, 29 October 2019
- Foreword to Nicholas A Tiverios, Contractual Penalties in Australia and the United Kingdom - History, Theory and Practice (The Federation Press, 3 September 2019). -
- The evolution of bankruptcy and insolvency laws and the case of the deed of company arrangement, 2019 Oxford Law and Finance Distinguished Speaker Series, University of Oxford, 14 January 2019 - (Published in Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly).
- Foreword to Issue 42(3) of the University of New South Wales Law Journal entitled ‘Conceptions of Ownership’- (Published in the University of New South Wales Law Journal, [2019] UNSWLawJl 28; (2019) 42(3) UNSW Law Journal 785).
2018
- Constitutional Interpretation, 2018 Winterton Lecture, University of Western Australia, 26 March 2018 - (To be published in University of Western Australia Law Review)
2017
- Hadley v Baxendale, 2017 FW Guest Memorial Lecture, University of Otago, 1 November 2017 - (To be published in University of Otago Law Review)
- The Equity of the Statute, Philosophical Foundations of Equity Law, King's College London, 29-30 June 2017 - (To be published in Klimchuk, Samet, and Smith (EDS), Philosophical Foundationsof The Law of Equity (Oxford, OUP))
2016
- Chief Justice French, Judicial Power and Chapter III of the Commonwealth Constitution, WA Bar Association Colloquium to honour the retirement of French CJ, 24 November 2016 (Published in H Jackson (ed), Essays in Honour of Chief Justice French (The Federation Press, 2019))