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221 Speeches/Articles by Michael Donald Kirby AC CMG
2009
Judicial Farewell, 2 February 2009
50 Years in the Law: A Critical Self-Assessment, 26 January 2009
2008
But the Greatest of these is Love, Graduation Ceremony, Griffith Business School, Griffith Law School, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Equity’s Australian Isolationism, W A Lee Equity Lecture,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 19 November 2008
Neville Wran – A Lawyer Politician – Reflections on Law Reforms and the High Court of Australia, Inaugural Neville Wran Lecture, The Parliament of New South Wales, Thursday 13 November 2008
Domestic Courts and International Human Rights Law – The Ongoing Judicial Conversation, The Hondius Lecture 2008, Universiteit Utrecht, 26 October 2008
At Our Going Out and Our Coming In, On the Occassion of the Conferral of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws of the University, Graduation Ceremony, The University of New South Wales, Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Q and A, Lawfest, Legal Studies Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 22 August 2008
The National Debate about a Charter of Rights & Responsibilities - Answering Some of the Critics, President’s Luncheon of the Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, 21 August 2008
Of 'Sham' and Other Lessons for Australian Revenue Law, Melbourne University Law Review, 20 August 2008
Herbert Vere Evatt, The United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights After 60 Years, HV Evatt Lecture 2008, St Andrew’s College, The University of Sydney, 14 August 2008
Lessons for a Life in the Law: Reflectionson Years at Hickson, Lakeman and Holcombe (now 'Hicksons'), Hicksons, Alumni Dinner, Hilton Hotel, Sydney, 12 August 2008
Thirty Years of Law and Justice 1977-2008 Congratulations to QUT Law, Queensland University of Technology, Faculity of Law, 17 June 2008
The Rise and Rise of the Australian Magistracy, Association of Australian Magistrates, XVI Biennial Conference, The Changing Face of Justice, Sydney, 7 June 2008
Law Reform Alberta Style - Words of Wisdom, Alberta Institutue of Law Reform, 40th Anniversary Dinner, Faculty Club, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 3 June 2008
Law Reform - Past, Present, Future, Alberta Law Reform Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Monday, 2 June 2008
The Growing Impact of International Law on Australian Consitutional Values, Australian Red Cross Oration, University of Hobart, Town Hall, Hobart, Thursday, 8 May 2008
Improving the Discourse between Courts and the Media, Law Institute of Victoria Journal, 8 May 2008
The Fundamental Problem of Regulating Technology, Conference on the Ethical Governance of Information & Communication Technology and the Role of Professional Bodies, University House, Australian National University, 1 May 2008
Reprieve Australia, Honorary Life Membership Ceremony, State Library of Victoria (Rotunda Room), Melbourne, Australia, 18 March 2008
Things we share in common, Workers’ Compensation Commission and Compensation Court of New South Wales, Reunion Dinner 2008, The Union, Universities and Schools Club, Sydney,Thursday, 13 March 2008
The Lords, Tom Bingham and Australia, 1 March 2008
Four Parables and a Reflection on Regulating the Net (Edited Transcript), Internet Industry Association, Annual Dinner, Sydney, Australia, 21 February 2008
Australia's Growing Debt to the European Court of Human Rights, The Seventh Fiat Justicia Lecture, Faculty of Law, Monash University, 1 February 2008
2007
Speech of the Unveiling of a Portrait of Justice Michael Kirby, President's Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 19 November 2007
On the Presentation of a Portrait by Josonia Palaitis, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Court of Appeal, 19 November 2007
Appellate Reasons, Supreme Court of Western Australia, District Court of Western Australia, Judges' Seminar, Perth, 23 October 2007
Computers & Law: The First Quarter Centry, New South Wales Society for Computers and the Law, Strangers' Dining Room, Parliament House, Sydney, Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Defining Australian Identity, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Graduation Ceremony, 29 September 2007
From Lutine Bell to Law Reform - A Case Study in Australian Admiralty Law, F. S. Dethridge Memorial Address, Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, 27 September 2007
Biomedicine - Legal and Ethical Issues, 15th Commonwealth Law Conference, 2007, Law Society of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 September 2007
"Hubris Contained:Why a Separate Australian Tax Court Should Be Rejected", Speech to the Challis Taxation Discussion Group, Union Club, Sydney, 3 August 2007
Not Another Law Journal? Address on the Launch of the Northern Territory Law Journal, 1 August 2007
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Barrister Class By the Hon Michael McHugh AC, Commentary on Justice McHugh's paper, 1 August 2007
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Barrister Class By the Hon Michael McHugh AC, Introduction, 1 August 2007
More Promises of Law Reform - An Antipodean Reflection, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland, The Law Reform Commission of Ireland, Tuesday 17 July 2007
Law Reform - Ten Attributes for Success, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland, The Law Reform Commission of Ireland, Tuesday 17 July 2007
Geographical Remoteness, Remote Justice, Keynote Address, Criminal Lawyers' Association of the Northern Territory, Conference, Bali, 2 July 2007
Australian Volunteers International, Foreword, 1 July 2007
Statutory Interpretation - Principles and Pragmatism for a New Age, Book Review, Judicial Officers' Bulletin, 1 July Issue 2007
Disability Law - Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, QAI Fund Luncheon, Brisbane, 19 June 2007
Maximising Special Leave Performance in the High Court of Australia, University of New South Wales Law Journal, 1 June 2007
The 1967 Referendum: Don't Get Carried Away, Indigenous Issues & Reconciliation Committee, Melbourne City Council, Reconciliation Victoria & Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, 1 June 2007
The Hon Athol Randolph Moffitt, CMG, OAM, QC, Obituary, Australian Law Journal, 1 June 2007
Class Actions by Dr Peter Cashman, Foreword, Federation Press, 1 June 2007
Forty-Five Years On: Reunion of the Graduating Class of the Faculty of Law, the University of Sydney, Australian Club, Sydney, Wednesday 9 May 2007
Adjusting to a New Age, Internationalising Law - A New Frontier for Law and Justice, Law in Context, 1 May 2007
Sir John Barry, Foreword, 1 May 2007
Construction of Wills in Australia, David Haines, Foreword, 1 May 2007
Defamation - Comparative Law and Practice, Book review, Melbourne University Law Review, 1 April 2007
Twelve Years in the High Court - Continuity & Change, a speech delivered at Southern Cross University, Lismore, 30 March 2007
ALJ @ 80:Past, Present & Future, a paper delivered to a conference to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Australian Law Journal, Sydney, 16 March 2007
Justice Graham Hill and Australian Taxation Law, Taxation Institute of Australia Justice Graham Hill Memorial Speech, Hobart, 15 March 2007
The Four-Way Test - Is It Adequate Today? Angus Mitchell Oration, Rotary Club of Melbourne, Rotary International - District 9800, Wednesday 14 March 2007
Aboveboard Public Accountability Forum, Foreword, 1 March 2007
Courts and Justice in the Era of HIV/AIDS, Introduction to the Workshop, Judiciary of Zambia, Zaran, Lusaka, Zambia, 15 February 2007
H M Seervai's Centenary - His Life, Book & Legacy, H M Seevai Centenary Lecture, Bench & Bar of the Bombay High Court, Mumbai, India, 9 January 2007
2006
Transnational Judicial Dialogue: Strengthening Networks and Mechanisms for Judicial Consultation and Cooperation: To Judge is to Learn, Harvard Law School, 2 December 2006
Robbery Under Arms, Quadrant, Book Review, 1 December 2006
Technology & Law - Facinating Bedfellows, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering, 2006 ATSE Oration, Sydney, 19 November 2006
Judicial Attitudes to Plain Language and the Law, Research project supervised by Professor Peter Butt, Interview of Justice Michael Kirby, High Court of Australia, by Kathryn O'Brien, Law student at the University of Sydney, Wednesday, 1 November 2006
Peter Nygh, Family Law, Conflicts of Law & Same-Sex Relations, Twelfth National Family Law Conference, Peter Nygh Memorial Lecture, Perth, 23 October 2006
Sexuality and Global Forces - Dr Alfred Kinsey and the Supreme Court of the United States, A Branigin Lecture 2006, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 14 October 2006
Judicial Dissent - Common Law and Civil Law Traditions, Law Quarterly Review, 28 September 2006
Strengthening the Judicial Role in the Protection of Human Rights - An Action Plan, Inter-Regional Conference on Justice Systems and Human Rights, Concluding Session 20 September 2006
What is Distinctive About New Zealand Law and the New Zealand Way of Doing Law? Law Reform and the Trans Tasman Log Jam, Twentieth Anniversary Conference, Law Commission of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, Friday 25 August 2006
Precedent - Report on Australia, International Academy of Comparative Law, Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 17 July 2006
Launch of A Public Life - The Memoirs of Sir Zelman Cowen, Woodward Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne University Publishing Limited, Wednesday, 7 June 2006
Service for the Late John Marsden AM, Jogn Marsden - Lightning Rod, Change Agent, St John's Catholic Church, Campbelltown, Saturday 3 June 2006
HIV/AIDS - Implications for Law & the Judiciary, Fiftieth Anniversary Convention, Fiji Law Society, Sigatoka, Fiji Islands, 27 May 2006
Recollections of Sir Harry Gibbs, The Samuel Griffith Society Conference, Canberra, 27 May 2006
Professor Mark Aronson - Doyen of Australian Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, 25 May 2006
Holocaust - Whirligig of Emotions, Launch of Heirloom - The Second Anthology of the Melbourne Child Survivors of the Holocaust, EDS: Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper, Helen Gershoni and Floris Kalman, Glen Eira Town Hall, Melbourne, Sunday 2 April 2006
Law Reform, Human Rights & Modern Governance - Australia's Debt to Lord Scarman, The Australian Law Journal, 1 April 2006
The Australian Debt to the European Court of Human Rights, Festschrift for Professor Luzius Wildhaber, 1 April 2006
Hanging Judges and the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Archibald Prize 2006, Sydney, Wednesday, 28 March 2006
The Dreyfus Case a Century on - Ten Lessons for Australia, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, 26 March 2006
Public Funds and Public Power Beget Public Accountability Corporate Governance ARC Research Project, Corproate Governance in the Public Sector, University of Canberra, Dinner, High Court of Australia, 9 March 2006
Lifting the Fog of Legalese, Essays on Plain Language, Australian Law Journal, Book Review, 1 March 2006
Appellate Advocacy - New Challenges, The Dame Ann Ebsworth Memorial Lecture, London, Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Law Reform & Human Rights - Scarman's Great Legacy, The Law Commission of England and Wales, Gray's Inn, London, Monday, 20 February 2006
The Queen's Baton or the Loneliness of the Short Distance Runner, 1 February 2006
2005
UNESCO & Universal Principles in Bioethics: What Next?, International Bioethics Committee, Twelth Session, Tokyo, Japan, 15-17 December, 2005
Judicial Review in a Time of Terrorism - Business as Usual, The University of the Witwatersrand School of Law & South African Journal of Human Rights, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 November 2005
Spring Graduation Ceremony, The Commonwealth Star of Liberty, The College of Law, Sydney, 23 November 2005
Kirby(2005)SpringGraduationCeremonySyd.pdf (467.8 KB)The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights - Present at the Creation, The Australian Institute of International Affairs, New South Wales, 2005 Charteris Lecture, University of Sydney, 11 November 2005
Ten Years in the High Court - Continuity & change, Australian Bar Review, Text of a talk given to the Bar Readers course, NSW Bar Association, Sydney, 17 October 2005
Tribute to the Right Hon Sir Harry Gibbs GCMG AC KBE The University of Queensland,T C Beirne School of Law Sir Harry Gibbs National Moot Competition 10 October 2005
Book Review The Tyrannicide Brief by Geoffrey Robertson 1 October 2005
Interview of Justice Michael Kirby by Claire Low Journalism Student at the University of Canberra 5 September 2005
Institute of Judicial Studies of New Zealand, Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, 18-19 August 2005.Equality & Diversity in our Community. Dissent and the Importance of Judicial Diversity
Kirby(2005)InstJudicialStudiesofNZConf.pdf (788.62 KB)The Learning of Values Memories of Strathfield North Public School 16 August 2005
Isaac Isaacs - A Sesquicentenary Reflection, The Samuel Alexander Lecture, Wesley College, Melbourne, Thursday 4 August 2005
Patron's Message, Centre for Law, Politics and Culture, Southern Cross University, 12 July 2005
Things to do Before I Die, the Australian, 1 July 2005
Kirby(2005)ThingstodoBeforeIDie.pdf (24.7 KB)Michael Hill QC Recognition Lecture, International Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law, Conference Eninburgh June 2005, at the Scottish Parliament Building, Sunday, 26 June 2005
Judicial Academy of the Philippines, Chief Justice Hilario G Davide Jr Distinguished Lecturer Series.Supreme Court of the Philippines, Manila, 15 April 2005. International Human Rights and Constitutional Interpretation
International Law - The Impact of National Constitutions, 7th Annual Grotius Lecture. The Grotius Lecture Series, American Society of International Law, 30 March 2005
Kirby(2005)7thAnnualGrotiusLecture.pdf (298.74 KB)Independence of the Legal Profession: Global and Regional Challenges, Law Council of Australia, Presidents of Law Associations in Asia Conference, Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia, Sunday, 20 March 2005
Foreword, United Nations Development Programme. Publication on Accelerating Access to Justice, 18 March 2005
Kirby(2005)ForewordUNDevelopProgramme.pdf (38.41 KB)Foreword, Company Law in Australia: Principles and Applications by Associate Professor Peter M McDermott, 18 March 2005
Kirby(2005)ForewordCompanyLawAust.pdf (44.52 KB)Foreword, Monash Law Students' Society, Law Students' Careers Guide, 2005. Law as a Career, Looking Back, Looking Forward, Canberra, 1 March 2005
Launch of the 2004 Volume, Annual Review of Insurance and Reinsurance Law, Sydney, Wednesday 23 February 2005
National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, India. Colloquium on Science, Law & Ethics, 19 February 2005.The role of the Judiciary and HIV Law
Foreword, the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc., Taking Action, Human Rights & Refugee Issues Teaching Resource, 12 February 2005
Judicial Dissent, James Cook University, 1 February 2005
Kirby(2005)LawStudentsSocietyJamesCookUni.pdf (302.79 KB)UNESCO, International Bioethics Committee, Inter-Governmental Bioethics Committee, Paris, 24 January 2005. Bioethics Declaration - 12 Points
Kirby(2005)UNESCOIntBioethicsParis12Pts.pdf (95.97 KB)
2004
Australian National University, Michael Donald Kirby, Citation for an Honorary Degree, 17 December 2004
Kirby(2004)ANUCitationHonoraryDegree.pdf (40.25 KB)The Long Journey to Justice for All, Australian National University, Graduation Ceremony, Occasional Address on the Conferral of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, Friday 17 December 2004
Kirby(2004)DegreeDoctorLawsANUGradCeremony_0.pdf (349.29 KB)Deep Lying Rights - A Constitutional Conversation Continues, The Robin Cooke Lecture 2004, Victoria University of Wellington, TE WHARE WANANGA O TE UPOKO O TE IKA A MAUI, Wellington, New Zealand, 25 November 2004
Terrorism and the Democratic Response: A Tribute to the European Court of Human Rights, Robert Schuman Lecture, National Europe Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, 11 November 2004
Kirby(2004)RobertSchumanLectureANU.pdf (1.88 MB)Three Tasmanian Law Reformers, The Training Consortium, 2004 Bicentenary of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Friday 5 November 2004
Human Rights and Good Governance - Conjoined Twins or Incompatible Strangers? Chancellor's Human Rights Lecture 2004, The University of Melbourne, 3 November 2004
Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration in Australia - A Centenary Reflection, The Centenary Convention Conciliation and Arbitration in Australia, Opening Plenary Session, Melbourne, Friday 22 October 2004
Kirby(2004)OpeningPlenarySessionMelb.pdf (2.72 MB)Law and Justice in Australia: Room for Improvement, 3rd September 2004
Kirby(2004)RoomforImprovement.pdf (148.05 KB)Opening of Family Law Chambers, Family Law Chambers, Sydney, 6 May 2004
Australian Journal of Family Law: The Special Contribution of Alastair Nicholson, 1 May 2004
Interview with Justice Michael Kirby, Leadership, High Court of Australia, 29 March 2004 by Michele Boyle
Reform, Obituary, Professor Alexander Castles, 1 March 2004
Kirby(2004)ObituaryAlexanderCastles.pdf (33.68 KB)Portraits on Yellow Paper: Book Review, Australian Bar Review, 1 March 2004
Take Heart - International Law Comes, Ever Comes, Conference Dinner, Conference on International Law - The Challenge of Conflict, The University of Adelaide, Flinders University, Friday 27 February 2004
Kirby(2004)ConfIntLawUniAdelaide.pdf (1.43 MB)Tradition and Diversity, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Supreme Court Judges' Dinner, Thursday 12 February 2004
New South Wales Judicial Officers' Bulletin, Appellate Courts, and Dissent, 1 February 2004
Kirby(2004)NSWJudicialOfficersBulletin_0.pdf (45.54 KB)A Blaze in the Sky - The Centenary Conference of the High Court of Australia, University of Notre Dame Law Review, 1 February 2004
Kirby(2004)BlazeinSkyCentenaryConfHCA.pdf (133.91 KB)The Importance of Constitutions and Judges, Fourth International Conference of Chief Justices of the World on Article 51 of the Constitution of India, 1 February 2004
Kirby(2004)4thIntConfChiefJusticesoftheWorld.pdf (344.14 KB)Comparative Constitutionalism - An Australian Perspective, University of Chicago, The Center for Comparative Constitutionalism, Constitutionalism in the Middle East, January 23-25, 2004
2003
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sunday 16 November 2003 Record OF Interview of Justice Michael Kirby by Monica Attard on Sunday Profile
Kirby(2003)AttardMonicaInterviewsKirbyABC.pdf (814.37 KB)Arts & Law in the Whirligig of Time, Arts Law Centre of Australia, 20th Anniversary Celebration, Art Gallery, Sydney, 31 October 2003
Women in Law - Doldrums or Progress? Women Lawyers of Western Australia, Perth, 22 October 2003
Kirby(2003)WomenLawyersofWAPerth.pdf (348.44 KB)The University of Melbourne Faculty of Law Dinner in Honour of The Right Hon Sir Ninian Stephen KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE on his 80th Birthday - Ormond College - Thursday 24 July 2003
Fiji Law Society, Annual Convention 2003, Yanuca, Fiji Islands - A Message for the Young Lawyers of Fiji, 1 July 2003
National Trust S H Ervin Gallery, Exhibition of the Works of Mary Alice Evatt 'MAS',1898-1973, Mary Alice Evatt - Speaking to the Heart, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, 1 June 2003
Paddington Town Hall, Sydney, Friday 23 May 2003, Ceremony for the Presentation of Centenary of Federation Medals, A Cause for Celebration and Rededication, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Interview with Justice Kirby, by Jordan Tilse, 28 April 2003
James Cook University, Graduation Ceremony, Townsville, Queensland, Saturday 29 March 2003, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG Hon D Litt (JCU)
Kirby(2003)GraduationCeremonyJamesCookUniQLD.pdf (225.47 KB)Privacy Issues Forum, Wellingtom, New Zealand, 28 March 2003, 25 Years of Evolving Information Privacy Law - Where Have We Come From And Where Are We Going, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Monash Law Students' Society, Law Students' Careers Guide, Saturday 1 March 2003, Law-A Career of Great Opportunities, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Kirby(2003)MonashLawStudentsCareersGuide.pdf (128.5 KB)Australian Law Reform Commission, Rededication of the Michael Kirby Library, The ALRC - A Winning Formula, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, 17 February 2003
The University of New South Wales, Indigenous Pre-Law Program, Friday 31 January, 2003, More Indigenous Lawyers - Making a Difference, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Kirby(2003)IndigenousPreLawProgramUniNSW.pdf (426.89 KB)The Judicial Group on Strengthening Judicial Integrity, Third Meeting, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Opening Ceremony, 10 January 2003 The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
2002
Clarity and Statute Law Society, Joint Conference, Cambridge University, 13 July 2002, Towards a Grand Theory of Interpretation, The Case of Statutes and Contracts
Memories of Hicksons, Sydney, 8 May 2002
Kirby(2002)MemoriesofHicksonsSydney.pdf (1023.13 KB)Southern Cross University, Graduation Ceremony, Saturday 27 April 2002, "Media and Courts - the Dilemma"
The University of Sydney, Kingsley Laffer Industrial Relations Memorial Lecture, Tuesday 23 April 2002, "Human Rights and Industrial Relations"
Commonwealth Lawyers' Association, Judicial Conference Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4 April 2002, "The Challenges to Justice in a Plural Society"
Kirby(2002)JudicialConfMalaysia.pdf (132.53 KB)Australian Law Awards, Awards Function Westin Hotel, Sydney, 7 March 2002, "Law Firms and Justice in Australia".
Kirby(2002)AustLawAwardsFunctionSyd.pdf (370.83 KB)Book Review, Australian Law Journal, 28 February 2002 Angels of Death - Exploring the Euthanasia Underground
Kirby(2002)BookReviewALJAngelsofDeath.pdf (42.97 KB)
2001
Law Society of Western Australia, High Court Dinner, Wednesday, 24 October 2001, 85 Journeys to Perth
Kirby(2001)LawSocieteyWAHighCourtDinnerPerth.pdf (446.46 KB)University of Wollongong, Sir Richard Kirby Lecture 2001, Tuesday, 16 October 2001, Sir Richard Kirby and a Century of Federal Industrial Arbitration
Law Council of Australia, 32nd Australian Legal Convention, Canberra, 11 October 2001, Australian Law - After September 11, 2001
International Society for Reform of Criminal Law Conference Canberra, 2001, Keynote Address: Monday 27 August 2001, "Criminal Law - the Global Dimension"
Victorian Women Lawyers' Association, Lesbia Harford Oration 2001, Melbourne, 20 August 2001, "Women in the Law - What Next?"
Kirby(2001)LesbiaHarfordOrationMelb.pdf (741.26 KB)Dinner on the Retirement of His Honour Judge R F Burke, Compensation Court of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 March 2001, The Retirement of Judge R. F. Burke
Kirby(2001)DinnerRetirementJudgeRFBurkeSyd.pdf (732.61 KB)Bond University, Third Gerard Brennan Lecture, Gold Coast, Queensland, Saturday, 3 March 2001, Law, Human Life and Ethical Dilemmas
Turbulent Years of Change in Australia's Criminal Laws, Melbourne, 22 February 2001
2000
Australian National University, Conference on Constructing Law & Disability, 4 December 2000, Disability and the Human Genome: To Ignore is to Decide
Kirby(2000)ConfConstructingLawDisabilityANU.pdf (739.89 KB)Monash University Faculty of Law, Valedictory Dinner 29 November 2000, Retirement of Professor Louis Waller AO, Sir Leo Cussen Professor of Law, Monash University
Launch of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Melbourne, Tuesday, 31 October 2000, Launch of the Castan Centre
James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Monday, 16 October 2000, The 2000 Mayo Lecture, "Law, Like the Olympics, is Now International But will Australia Win Gold?"
Australian National University, Community Aid Abroad, Oxfam, Australia, World's Most Boring Lecture Competition, Friday, 6 October 2000, "Boring Speeches - The Ten Deadly Sins"
Kirby(2000)WorldsMostBoringLectureCompANU.pdf (552.09 KB)Yale Law School, The Global Constitutionalism Seminar, 16 September 2000, "Courts & Politics: Judicial Independence Summing Up"
Kirby(2000)GlobalConstSeminarYaleLawSchool.pdf (625.83 KB)2000 PIAA International Workshop, The Royal College of Physicians, London, England, 11 September 2000, "An International Perspective on Tort System Reforms", Tort System Reforms - Causes, Options, Outcomes
Griffith University, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Vice-Chancillor's Symposium, Friday, 18 August 2000, Globalising the Rule of Law?, Global Challenges to the Traditional Ideal of the Rule of Law
Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College, London, 2000 Menzies Memorial Lecture, Great Hall, King's College, London, Tuesday, 4 July 2000, "The Australian Referendum on a Republic - Ten Lessons"
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, American Society of International Law, Joint Meeting, Sydney, Australia, Opening Session, Monday 26 June 2000, " International Law - Down in the Engineroom"
Australian Law Reform Commission, 25th Anniversary Conference Dinner, Regent Hotel, Sydney, Friday 19 May 2000, "ALRC, Law Reform and Equal Justice Under Law"
Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Graduation Ceremony, Law, Veterinary Science and Biomedical Science, Wednesday, 15 March 2000, "The Strength to Go Against the Grain"
Conferral of Honorary LL.D at the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom, 4 March 2000
Kirby(2000)ConferralHonoraryUK_0.pdf (35.49 KB)Opening Luncheon Speech, Australasian and Commonwealth Law Reform Agencies Conference on Globalisation and Law Reform - Cooperation Through Technology 1 March 2000, "Interview with Professor Ralph Simmonds from Murdoch University"
1999
Koorie Heritage Trust Inc, Dinner, Melbourne, 15 November 1999, To Honour the Memory of the Late A R Castan AM QC, Ron Castan Remembered
Kirby(1999)HonourMemoryLateARCastanMelb.pdf (332.93 KB)Leo Cussen Graduates' Association, Leo Cussen Memorial Lecture, Melbourne, Victoria, 25 October 1999, "Seven Ages of a Lawyer"
University of Melbourne Law Student's Society, Faculty of Law, 9 September 1999, Sir Anthony Mason Lecture, "Constitutional Interpretation and Original Intent - A Form of Ancestor Worship?"
Kirby(1999)SirAnthonyMasonLectureUniMelb.pdf (594.61 KB)The University of New South Wales, University of Technology, Sydney, AustLII Law via the Internet '99 Conference, Law School, UTS, Sydney, 22 July 1999, Free the Law - Beyond the "Dark Chaos", Launch of the National Law Collection of AustLII
Kirby(1999)LaunchNatLawCollectionAustLIISyd.pdf (752.62 KB)Australian Lawyers' Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10 July 1999, "Human Genome Project - Legal Issues"
Kirby(1999)AustLawyersConfHanoiVietnam.pdf (960.88 KB)University of London, King's College School of Law, Conference on Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships, London, 3 July 1999, "Same-Sex Relationships - Some Australian Legal Developments"
Criminal Lawyers' Association, Northern Territory, Bali Conference, 28 June 1999, "The Future of Criminal Law - Some Big Issues"
ICJ/CIJL and CAJ, Seminar, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8-9 June 1999, "Global Moves to Legal Protection of Human Rights"
ICJ/CIJL and CAJ, Seminar, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8 June 1999, Legal Institutions in Transition, "Modes of Appointment and Training of Judges - A Common Law Perspective"
Kirby(1999)ICJCIJL&CAJSeminarBelfast.pdf (656.42 KB)International Bar Association, Section on General Practice, 25th Anniversary Conference, Boston, USA, 2 June 1999, Joint Session Committees 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17 & 19, "Educating the Legal Profession in Human Rights - Practical or Pie in the Sky?"
Charles Sturt University, Graduation Ceremony, Goulburn, New South Wales, Friday 21 May 1999, "Judges and Police: Meeting New Challenges"
Australian Law Reform Commission, Dinner Sydney 20 May 1999, "Tribute to Alan Rose AO, Retiring President of the ALRC"
Government House, Wellington, New Zealand, 15 May 1999, "An Australian Tribute to Chief Justice Eichelbaum"
Kirby(1999)AustTributeCJEichelbaumNZ.pdf (386.46 KB)People of the Cedar - Opening of an Exhibition of Native Art from the Western Coast of Canada, Canberra 3 March 1999 "Canada, Australia and the Spirit of Indigenous People"
Valencian Community Ministry of Health, Valencian Foundation for Advanced Studies, International University Menendez Pelayo, International Workshop on Freedom and Risk Situations, Valencia, Spain, 25 January 1999, " Human Freedom and the Human Genome - The Ten Rules of Valencia"
Anglo-Australian Lawyers' Association, London - Great Hall, Grays Inn, 22 January 1999, "The Trial of King Charles 1 - Defining Moment for our Constitutional Liberties"
1998
Taj West End Hotel, Bangalore, India, 28 December 1998, Conference on the 10th Anniversary of the Bangalore Principles, "The Road From Bangalore, The First Ten Years of the Bangalore Principles on the Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms"
Charles Sturt University, Fifth National Conference on Reasoning and Decision-Making, Wagga Wagga, 4 December 1998, "Judging: Reflections on the Moment of Decision"
Judicial Conference of Australia - Third Annual Colloquium, Gold Coast, 7 November 1998, "The Future of Courts - Do They Have One"
Judicial Conference of Australia, Colloquium Dinner, Gold Coast, 7 November 1998, "Australia's Courts - A Quarter Century of Change"
New South Wales Lawyers' Conference, Sydney, 21 September 1998, "Acting Judges - A Non-Theoretical Danger"
Kirby(1998)NSWYoungLawyersConfLunchSyd.pdf (661.89 KB)International Commission of Jurists, Triennial Meeting of the Commission, Cape Town, South Africa, 23 July 1998, "ICJ - Looking to a New Millennium"
Kirby(1998)ICJTriennialMeetingSouthAfrica.pdf (819.15 KB)International Commission of Jurists, Conference on the Rule of Law in a Changing World, Cape Town, South Africa, 20 July 1998, "ICJ in a New South Africa - Remarks at the Opening Ceremony"
Kirby(1998)ICJConfCapeTownSouthAfrica.pdf (379.14 KB)The University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, Function to Honour the Appointment to the Office of Chief Justice of Australia of the Hon. Murray Gleeson AC, 16 July 1998, "Murray Gleeson - Law Student"
The Australian Bar Association Conference, Dublin, 9 July 1998, "Delivering Justice in a Democracy III - The Jury of the Future"
Kirby(1998)ABAConfDublinIreland.pdf (1.4 MB)The Inns of Court School of Law, London, Worldwide Advocacy Conference 1998, London, 29 June - 2 July 1998, "Speaking to the Modern Jury - New Challenges for Judges and Advocates"
Kirby(1998)InnsCourtSchoolLawLondon.pdf (1.36 MB)International Bar Association, Human Rights Institute, Hong Kong, 12-14 June 1998, "Independence of the Judiciary - Basic Principle, New Challenges"
The University of New England Union, Armidale, 22 May 1998, Sir Frank Kitto Lecture, "Kitto and the High Court of Australia - Change and Continuity"
International Seminar on Human Rights, Belfast, 1 May 1998, "The Judge's Role"
Kirby(1998)IntSeminarHumanRightsBelfast.pdf (136.26 KB)Australian Law Reform Commission - Launch of Reform, 7 April 1998, "Value Judgments: The Ethics of Law"
Kirby(1998)ALRCLaunchReformAutumnEd.pdf (519.56 KB)The Australian Institute of Company Directors, Tasmanian Division, Hobart, 31 March 1998, "The Company Director: Past, Present and Future"
Kirby(1998)AustInstCompanyDirectorsLunchTas.pdf (790.77 KB)American Bar Association, Winter Leadership Meeting, Maui Hawaii, 5 January 1998, "Attacks on Judges - A Universal Phenomenon"
1997
British Section of the International Commission of Jurists, Fortieth Anniversary Lecture, London, 17 December 1997, "Freedom of Information - The Seven Deadly Sins"
The Australian National University, Centre for International and Public Law, Annual Dinner, 5 November 1997, "Change and Decay or Change and Renewal"
Kirby(1997)ANUCentreInt&PublicLawDinner.pdf (681.48 KB)AIJA Asia Pacific Courts Conference, Sydney, 23 August 1997, "Our Region - The Challenge for Law and Justice"
Kirby(1997)AIJAAsiaPacificCourtsConfSyd.pdf (208.06 KB)Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Law Dinner, 15 August 1997, "Teaching Australians Civics"
Kirby(1997)QLDUniTechDinnerBris.pdf (203.43 KB)4th Privacy Issues Forum, Auckland New Zealand, Thursday 10 July 1997, "Genetic Privacy - Looking Backwards Looking Forwards"
Kirby(1997)FourthPrivacyIssuesForumNZ.pdf (818.16 KB)St Thomas More Society, The Northern Club, Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday 9 July 1997, "Thomas More, Martin Luther and The Judiciary Today"
Kirby(1997)StThomasMoreSocietyNZ.pdf (687.42 KB)The University of Melbourne, Monash University Law School, 4 July 1997, "Law and Economics - Is there Hope?"
Kirby(1997)UniMelbMonashUniLawSchool.pdf (1.34 MB)Womens Lawyers' Association of NSW, Sydney, 18 June 1997, "Women Lawyers - Making a Difference"
Kirby(1997)WomensLawyersAssocNSW.pdf (978.76 KB)The University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, Constitutional Law Class, 23 May 1997, "What is it Really Like to be a Justice of the High Court of Australia? A Conversation of Law"
New Zealand Research Foundation Conference, Auckland, 4-5 April 1997, "The Struggle for Simplicity Lord Cooke and Fundamental Rights"
Kirby(1997)NZLegalResearchFoundation.pdf (2.22 MB)The University of Newcastle, The Fourth Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture, Newcastle, Thursday 20 March 1997, "The Constitutional Centenary & The Counting of Blessings"
1996
Industrial Relations Society of Victoria, Sir Richard Kirby Lecture, 20 November 1996, "Sir Richard Kirby, Mediation and Industrial Relations Today"
Kirby(1996)SirRichardKirbyLecture.pdf (1.22 MB)Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, 1st Annual Conference, Canberra, 15 November 1996, Inaugural Kirby Lecture, "Health, Law and Ethics"
The Law Society of NSW Annual Dinner, Sydney, 31 October 1996,"The Crisis in the Law Continued"
Kirby(1996)LawSocietyNSWDinner.pdf (487.82 KB)Indo Australian Public Policy Conference, New Delhi, 23 - 24 October 1996 - "India and Australia - A Neglected Legal Relationship and a Plan of Action"
The Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture "Lionel Murphy - Ten Years On", 21 October 1996
Kirby(1996)AnnualLionelMurphyMemLect.pdf (908.63 KB)Melbourne University Law Students, Sir Anthony Mason Lecture 1996, 6 September 1996, "A. F. Mason - From Trigwell to Teoh"
Kirby(1996)MelbUniLawStudentsMasonLecture_0.pdf (208.82 KB)Melbourne University Law Students, Sir Anthony Mason Lecture 1996, 6 September 1996, "A. F. Mason - From Trigwell to Teoh"
Kirby(1996)MelbUniLawStudentsMasonLecture.pdf (208.82 KB)Australian Association of Family Lawyers and Conciliators Dinner, Melbourne 2 August 1996, "Family Law Reform: Words of Caution"
The St James Ethics Center Forum on Ethical Issues, Sydney, 23 July 1996, "Legal Professional Ethics in Times of Change"
Kirby(1996)StJamesEthicsCentreForum.pdf (1.32 MB)