| Description |
xxii, 314 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Strength and perils: The Bar at the turn of the century / Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE -- Does Chapter III of the Constitution protect substantive as well as procedural rights? / M H McHugh -- Legalism, realism and judicial rhetoric in constitutional law / Professor Leslie Zines AO -- What is wrong with top-down legal reasoning? / Keith Mason AC -- Statutes / W M C Gummow AC -- The implications of the Constitution / D F Jackson AM QC -- Theories of constitutional interpretation: a taxonomy / J D Heydon AC -- Judicial review today / Dame Sian Elias GNZM PC -- Beyond the text: A vision of the structure and function of the Constitution / Stephen Gageler SC -- Rules that ought not to be applied: The ultimate iconoclasm / David Bennett AC QC -- Truth and the Law / J J Spigelman AC -- Dictator or Dialogue? The relationship between the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the European Court of Human Rights / Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG PC -- Eulogy for Sir Maurice / Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE QC -- Obituary for Sir Maurice / T E F Hughes AO QC -- An Advocate's View of the Judiciary / Sir Maurice Byers Kt CBE QC -- Speech on the occasion of his receiving a Knighthood / Sir Maurice Byers Kt CBE QC -- Speech in response on the occasion of a dinner given in his honour on 17 June 1994 / Sir Maurice Byers Kt CBE QC |
| Summary |
In 2000, the NSW Bar Association established an annual lecture in honour of Sir Maurice Byers Kt CBE QC, Commonwealth Solicitor-General 1973-1983; this volume contains the first 12 lectures, 2000-2012. Each lecture is introduced by Justices Nye Perram and Rachel Pepper who discuss the background to the lecture and developments which have taken place since it was delivered. In addition, there is a short collection of thoughts by Sir Maurice himself together with some further pieces |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Byers, Maurice, Sir, 1917-1999.
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Festschriften -- Australia.
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Law -- Australia.
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Constitutional law -- Australia.
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Public law -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Perram, Nye, 1969-
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Pepper, Rachel (Rachel Ann)
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Bar Association of New South Wales
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| ISBN |
9781862878518 (hardback) |
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