Essays in honour of Chief Justice French / edited by Henry Jackson.

Alexandria, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2019.

1st edition

88990

Justice, Administration of -- Australia.

Courts of last resort -- Australia.

Judges -- Australia.

1. Statutory construction as an expression of constitutional relationships: approaches of the French High Court

2. The French Court, the nature of the executive power and its reconciliation with the expenditure power

3. The interaction between science and law - legal science or a science of law

4. Science and the law - a reply to the paper given by Justice Gordon

5. Chief Justice French, judicial power, and chapter III of the Commonwealth Constitution

6. Chapter III of the Commonwealth Constitution - commentary on the paper given by Justice James Edelman

7. The French High Court - some comments on principles, policies and appeals in crime

8. No mere platitude - the influence of Chief Justice French on Native Title.

This volume comprises six substantive papers and two replies each of which were presented at a colloquium held to honour the contribution of Chief Justice French shortly before his retirement from the High Court. The topics were chosen to reflect important aspects or themes from his Honour's career and public life. Each of the papers represent a significant contribution to legal scholarship as well as providing a fitting tribute to his Honour's significant contribution to the law. The impressive contributors to this important volume are Justice Gordon and Justice Edelman of the High Court of Australia, Justice Katrina Banks-Smith of the Federal Court of Australia (Perth), Judge of Appeal Mitchell and Justice Pritchard and Justice Corboy of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, Raelene Webb QC, former President of the National Native Title Tribunal and Professor Anne Twomey of the University of Sydney. - Publisher's website.

9781760021993

xxii, 194 pages ; 25 cm