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Speakers include:
\n\u2022 Justice Rosalie Abella, Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada
\n\u2022 Professor Stuart Banner, Norman Abrams Professor of Law, UCLA
\n\u2022 Professor Richard Boast QC, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
\n\u2022 Justice Manuel Jos\u00e9 Cepeda, President of the International Association of Constitutional Law and former President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia
\n\u2022 Hon Sir Kenneth Keith, retired Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand
\n\u2022 Hon Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
\n\u2022 Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE, former Chief Justice High Court of Australia
\n\u2022 Professor Janet McLean, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland
\n\u2022 Justice Kate O’Regan, Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Oxford University and formerly of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
\n\u2022 Professor Paul Rishworth QC, Crown Law
\n\u2022 Laureate Professor Emeritus Cheryl Saunders, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
\n\u2022 Professor Jeremy Waldron, School of Law, New York University
\n\u2022 Professor Christina Voight, University of Oslo
\n\u2022 Professor Peter Watts QC, Barrister, Bankside Chambers<\/p>\n
The conference will be chaired by Dr Andrew Butler, Chair of the New Zealand Law Foundation.<\/p>\n
This is the principal opportunity for the New Zealand legal profession to acknowledge the Chief Justice upon her retirement. The conference will be held at the Fisher and Paykel Auditorium, University of Auckland, and will close with a dinner on Friday 1 February 2019 at the Auckland museum. The retirement of the Chief Justice in 2019 will be marked with a conference in Auckland. Save the date for 31 Jan, 1 Feb 2019 when distinguished international and NZ speakers will explore tradition and direction in the law. The … Continue reading
\nFurther details about the conference programme will be circulated shortly. To pre-register please go to LRF<\/a> or email info@legalresearch.org.nz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"