Where now for the rule of law in Australia?
19/10/2009

The rule of law: everyone supports it. But what are the challenges confronting it in Australia and how should the legal profession, legislators, judicial officers and law reform commissioners respond? Members are invited to Is the Rule of Law Under Challenge in Australia? a conference, organised by the Bar Association and the Rule of Law Association of Australia, to be held on Friday, 20 November 2009, 9.00am-1.30pm at the Hilton, Sydney.
The list of distinguished speakers and chairpersons includes:� Attorney-General Robert McClelland; Chief Justice J J Spigelman AC; Senator the Hon George Brandis SC; the Hon Justice David Hammerschlag; the Hon Justice Margaret Stone; Richard McHugh SC, Robin Speed� and Professor David Weisbrot AM, Australian Law Reform Commission. Places are limited so book now.
**9 November 2009 **
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