Through the world's eye / Michael Kirby ; speeches selected and edited by Charles J G Sampford, Sophie Blencowe and Suzanne Condlln.

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Publication details:
Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2000.
Record id:
21524
Subject:
Human rights -- Australia.
Courts -- Australia.
Law -- Australia.
Constitutional history -- Australia.
Judges -- Australia.
Lawyers -- Australia.
Bioethics -- Australia.
Homosexuality -- Australia.
Constitutional law.
Contents:
Part I: Law reform and human rights
1. Non-violence, compassion and visions for the twenty-first century
2. Refugees: their need has never been greater
3. Cambodia: the struggle for human rights
4. The Human genome
5. Privacy in cyberspace
6. Same-sex relationships: some Australian legal developments 7. HIV/AIDS: anger, hope and love
8. Civil liberties: early days and days ahead
Part II: The Law and its institutions
9. Judicial activism
10. The Mason High Court: a study of change in judicial technique
11. The Power of Lionel Murphy's ideas
12. Popular sovereignty and the true foundation of the Australian Constitution
13. Attacks on judges: a universal phenomenon
14. Judicial stress
15. Has the legal profession lost its soul?
Note:
Includes index.
ISBN:
186287347x
Phys. description:
xxv, 229 p.