Past events
- Professor Andrew Byrnes, University of New South Wales
Historically and in established positive law the power to make international law and to interpret it authoritatively has been a prerogative claimed and exercised primarily by States. It is commonplace to note that the formal and informal participation of non-State actors (including civil society actors) in the making of international law is to be seen in many areas.
- Hilary Charlesworth
- BS Chimni
- Dino Kritsiotis
- Joseph Weiler
The 22nd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) will take place from Thursday, 3 July 2014 to Saturday, 5 July 2014 at University House at the Australian National University, hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law.
Experts, networks and international law
The international law societies of Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Japan and the United States of America (the 'Four Societies') have held four conferences bringing together early career scholars...
- Professor Pierre d'Argent, Université Catholique de Louvain
- Professor Donald R. Rothwell, ANU College of Law
- Professor Donald K. Anton, ANU College of Law
- Dr Sarah Heathcote, ANU College of Law
- Dr Christopher Ward, Barrister, Wentworth Chambers
Please join the Centre for International & Public Law, ANU College of Law for a half-day symposium exploring the Differences between Timor-Leste and Australia in the Timor Gap. Two panels of experts will review the two cases currently...
- Professor David Sloss, Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law
In this seminar, Professor David Sloss discusses Chapter One – The Fujii Case – from his book The Power of Ideas: International human rights and constitutional tranformations.
In Fujii v. California, a Japanese...
- Professor Gordon Anthony, Queens University Belfast
Political prisoners have long played a central – and controversial – role in the Northern Ireland peace process. From their early release under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 through to a recent debate about a de facto immunity for ‘on...
- Professor Gordon Anthony, Queens University Belfast
This workshop will consider the case of a non-UK national who had been living in Northern Ireland for more than forty years and was practicising as a lawyer when convicted of terror related offences. It will examine the legal difficulties he faced...
- Professor Michael Coper, ANU College of Law The Australian National University
On the occasion of the 16th annual lecture, Professor Michael Coper takes a look at the man himself and his contribution to Australian legal and political life. How does his scholarship stand up today, when so much has changed in the legal and political landscape?
The Public Law Weekend, run by the Centre for International and Public Law, is one of Australia’s leading public law conferences. In 2013, it will focus on a range of important administrative law issues and developments, covering judicial review, tribunal decision-making, freedom of information, privacy and human rights.
