Past events
- Ambassador Ayo Olukanni, High Commissioner of Nigeria
- The Right Honourable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, PC, Canadian Chief Justice
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on January 7, 2000. She had been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1989. Prior to that, she was Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court from 1988 to 1989, a judge of the British Columbia Court of Appeal from 1985 to 1988, a judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court from 1981 to 1985, and a judge of the Vancouver County Court from April 1981 to September 1981.
- Mr Roger Wilkins AO
- His Excellency Mr Jeffrey Bleich, US Ambassador to Australia
Jeffrey Bleich presented his credentials to Governor General Quentin Bryce on 26 November 2009, as the 24th American ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia. On 11 September 2009, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jeffrey Bleich to be the next US Ambassador to Australia.
The Centre for International and Public Law celebrated its twentieth anniversary at a special evening hosted by the ANU College of Law on 18 May 2010.
- Professor Hugh Corder, University of Cape Town
The formal provisions of the South African Constitution have, over the past fifteen years, shifted from a racist variation of parliamentary sovereignty to a constitutional democracy based on limited government under law, striving for dignity, equality and freedom.
- Kim Rubenstein
CIPL initiated a series of workshops bringing public and international lawyers and public and international policy makers together for interdisciplinary discussion on selected topics and themes, extending CIPL’s unique project emphasising the links...
- Emeritus Professor Leslie Zines AO FASSA
The lecture will deal with Murray Gleeson’s method of constitutional interpretation, which will cover both matters in ‘The Constitution’ and broader constitutional principles. It will contrast his early statements emphasising ‘strict and complete legalism’ with many of his decisions.
