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Australian Law Reform Agencies Conferences 2008

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Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference (ALRAC) 2008

The 2008 ALRAC Conference was organised by the University of the South Pacific - School of Law. It was held in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 10 - 12 September, 2008.

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Session Title Speakers
Welcome and Keynote Address:
A Generation of Reforming Law and Justice in the Pacific

Bernard Narakobi - Lawyer, Politician, Diplomat
Please note that there is no written paper for this presentation.

The Birth and Rebirth of Law Reform Agencies Neil Rees - Victorian Law Reform Commission
The Birth and Rebirth of Law Reform Agencies (doc)
The Birth and Rebirth of Law Reform Agencies (ppt)

Frank Kabui & Anna Guthleben - Solomon Islands Law Reform Commission
The Establishment of a Commission in Solomon Islands (doc)

Ming Leung Wai - Attorney General, Samoa
Samoa's Experience With the Establishment of a Law Reform Commission (doc)

Ishmael Kalsakau - Attorney General, Vanuatu
The Establishment of Vanuatu's Law Reform Commission (pdf)

Regional Cooperation in Law Reform Daiana Buresova - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

David Lambourne - Solicitor-General, Kiribati

David Weisbrot & Lawrence Kalinoe - Australian Law Reform Commission and PNG Constitutional & Law Reform Commission
Opportunities for Regional Cooperation in Law Reform (ppt)

Steve Klingelhofer & David Robinson - International Center for Not for Profit Law
Laws affecting community organisations in the South Pacific - a "tipping point" in the law reform process (doc)

Resources for Law Reform Neil Adsett - Law Consolidated Inc
Aspects of Law Revision in Smaller Jurisdictions (pdf)

Jonathan Dobinson - Australian Law Reform Commission
Working Smarter, Not Harder: The Role of Information Technology (ppt)

Lenore Hamilton - Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)
Pacific Legal Databases & Their Role in Facilitating Law Reform (ppt)

Bryan Horrigan - Macquarie University, Faculty of Law
Reforming Law Reform's Engagement with the Academic Arm of the Legal Profession (doc)

Keynote Address - Day 2
Reforming the Fundamental Law–Constitutional Change and Community Education

Cheryl Saunders - Melbourne Law School
Reforming the Fundamental Law: Constitutional Change and Community Education (doc)
Reforming the Fundamental Law: Constitutional Change and Community Education (ppt)

Reforming the Architecture of Legal Systems Graham Hassall - University of the South Pacific, PIAS-DG
The Legal Politics of Constitutional Reform in the Pacific (pdf)

'Alisi Taumoepeau - Attorney-General, Tonga
Constitutional Change in Tonga (doc)

Katy Le Roy - Nauru Constitutional Review Commission
Reforming the Architecture of Legal Systems: Constitutional Review in Nauru (ppt)

Nainendra Nand - University of the South Pacific, School of Law
Constitutional Reform in Fiji (doc)

Reforming the Law and Legal Institutions to Promote Human Rights Jennifer Corrin - University of Queensland, TC Beirne School of Law
Only Skin Deep? Law Reform and the Reality of Human Rights in the Pacific (ppt)

Helen Aikman QC - (formerly) New Zealand Law Commission
Reconciling Custom and Human Rights (doc)

John von Doussa - Australian Human Rights Commission
The Potential Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Pacific (doc)
The Potential Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Pacific (ppt)

Debate:
That Law Reform Bodies are the Best Vehicles for Law Reform
Affirmative - Ian Davis, Queensland Law Reform Commission & Rosalind Croucher, Australian Law Reform Commission

Negative - Simon Rice, Australian National University, College of Law & Robin Banks, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Negating the Proposition that Law Reform Agencies are the Best Vehicle for Law Reform (pdf)

Miscellaneous Papers The Honourable Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek - Supreme Court, Vanuatu
Welcome to ALRAC 2008 (pdf)

Professor David Weisbrot - Australian Law Reform Commission
Conference Dinner Speech (doc)

Justice Roslyn Atkinson - Chair, Queensland Law Reform Commission
ALARC 2010 - Brisbane, Australia (ppt)

Michael Sayers - Honourable Secretary General, The Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies (CALRAs)
CALRAs Report to Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference in September 2008 (doc)

Commonwealth Law Ministers - Communique
Commonwealth Law Ministers Communique 2007




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