9-11 October 2009, Melbourne

Program

Friday 9 October

Opening Address

The Honourable Robert Hulls MP, Deputy Premier of Victoria

Keynote Address

The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Supreme Court of Victoria The Duty Owed to the Court: Sometimes Forgotten (pdf) (70KB)

The Geneva Conventions at 60: Is International Humanitarian Law Adequate or in Need of Reform?

Professor Timothy McCormack, Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
Waleed Aly, lecturer, Global Terrorism Research Centre, Monash University

Welcome drinks and dinner: The Grand Ballroom, Windsor Hotel

Saturday 10 October

The Global Financial Crisis and the legal system

Professor Bruce Chapman, Crawford School of Economics, Australian National University,
Professor Joshua Gans, Melbourne Business School,
Dr Jonathan Spear, Director, Innovation & Strategy Unit, Department of Justice The GFC and the Legal System (pdf) (235KB)

Access to Justice and other Shibboleths

The Honourable Justice Patrick Keane, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland Access to Justice and Other Shibboleths (pdf) (324KB)
Commentator: The Honourable Justice Christine Wheeler, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Western Australia

Drinks and Colloquium Dinner: Matteo’s Restaurant

After dinner speaker: The Honourable Justice Virginia Bell, High Court of Australia

Sunday 11 October

Shakespeare and Psychiatry

The Honourable Justice Philip Cummins, Supreme Court of Victoria Shakespeare and Madness (pdf) (258KB)
Commentator: Dr Margaret Lush, Sessional Member, Victorian Mental Health Review Board

Querulants

Professor Paul Mullen, Clinical Director, Forensicare (Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health)