Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture

 

The Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture was established in 1993 to mark the arrival of the first group of Bachelor of laws students.The Right Honourable Sir Ninian Stephen, former Governor-General of Australia, delivered the Inaugural lecture bearing his name. The Lecture is delivered by an eminent lawyer at the commencement of each academic year. The distinguished lecturers have chosen to stimulate and inspire students, staff and the local legal community with a diverse range of legal topics and themes.

In 2008, the Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture will be delivered by the Honourable John Basten, Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of NSW at 5.00 pm on 3 April at Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall The title of the lecture for 2008 is "Human Rights and the Rule of Law".

Year  Lecturer  Topic Publication Details
2008 Hon Justice John Basten
Court of Appeal NSW		  Human Rights and the Rule of Law

 

Forthcoming volume 11
Newcastle Law Review
2007

Mr Graeme Innes AM
Human Rights Commissioner, Commissioner Responsible for
Disability Discrimination
HREOC

 Using the Law to Make a Difference Forthcoming volume 9
Newcastle Law Review
(NewcLR)
2006

Professor Frank Brennan SJ AO
(Professor of Law ACU (National)

 Mixing Law, Religion and Politics
 Forthcoming volume 9 NewcLR
2005 Margaret Cuneen
Crown Prosecutor, DPP NSW
 		  Living within the Law

Forthcoming volume 9 NewcLR

 
2004 Julian Burnside QC
 		 The Practice of Law: Justice or Just a Job?

(2004-5) 8, 2
NewcLR 1 
2003

Noel Pearson
Team Leader, Cape York Partnerships
Advisor, Cape York Land Council

 The High Court’s Abandonment of the “Time Honoured Methodology of the Common Law” in its Interpretation of Native Title in Mirriuwung Gajerrong and Yorta Yorta
 

(2003) 7
NewcLR 1 

 
2002

Professor Hilary Charlesworth
then Director of CIPL, ANU

 International law and Australian law in the 21st Century

(2002) 6, 1
NewcLR 1 
2001

Professor Garth Nettheim
Emeritus Professor of Law
UNSW

 Making a Difference: Reconciling our Differences

(2001) 5, 1
NewcLR 3 

2000

Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE

 Principle and Independence: The Guardians of Freedom

(2000) 4, 2
NewcLR 1
1999

Hon James Spigelman
Chief Justice of NSW

Statutory Interpretation:  Identifying the Linguistic Register

 

(1999) 4, 1
NewcLR 1
1998

Hon Gordon Samuels AC
then Governor of NSW

 No More Cabs on the Rank? Some Reflections about the Future of Legal Practice

(1998) 3, 1
NewcLR 1
1997 Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG Constitutional Centenary and the Counting of Blessings
 

(1997) 2, 1
NewcLR 1
1996

Hon Murray Gleeson AO
then Chief Justice of NSW

 The Secrecy of Jury Deliberations

(1996) 1, 2
NewcLR 1
1995

Hon Justice Deirdre O’Connor
President AIRC

 The Effect of Australia’s International Obligations on the Development of Our System of Industrial Relations

(1995) 1, 1
NewcLR 1
1994 Hon Justice Michael McHugh AC
 The Growth of Legislation and Litigation (1995) 69 ALJ 37
1993 Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen Our Demotic Constitution   (1994) 68 ALJ 706