Rule of Law: The Challenges of a Changing World

Defending and Preserving the Rule of Law in a Climate of Global and Regional Uncertainty

Brisbane, Friday 31 August - Saturday 1 September 2007

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Keynote Address

•  The Role of the Legal Profession in the Rule of Law
  Speech given by The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE QC

Session 2

•  Crime and Punishment
  Speech given by Mr John North, Immediate Past President, Law Council of Australia

Session 3

•  Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence
  Speech given by The Hon Wayne Martin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of WA
•  Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence
  Speech given by The Hon James Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW

Session 4

•  Independence of the Prosecution
  Speech given by Mr Nicholas Cowdery AM QC, NSW Director of Public Prosecutions
•  The Independence of the Prosecutor and the Rule of Law
  Speech given by Mr Damian Bugg AM QC, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

Session 5

•  Indigenous Sentencing in Queensland Magistrates Court
  Speech given by Ms Annette Hennessy, Regional Coordinating Magistrate, Rockhampton
•  Equality of the Law and the Sentencing of Aboriginal Offenders under the Sentencing Act (NT)
  Speech given by The Hon Stephen Southwood, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Session 6

•  International Perspective on the Rule of Law
  Speech given by Ms Karen Mathis, Immediate Past President, American Bar Association

Session 7

•  The rule of law: a corporate value
  Speech given by Mr Michael D’Ascenzo, Federal Commissioner of Taxation