30 November 2009 – 2010 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner

A major conference on constitutional law, the ninth in a series, will be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday 19 February. The event is organised by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law with the support of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law. The conference will be followed by dinner at NSW Parliament House, which will be hosted by NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos. The guest speaker at the dinner will be Justice Virginia Bell of the High Court of Australia.

Speakers at the conference will review the key themes of constitutional law decisions in the High Court, Federal Court and state courts in 2009, as well as giving focused attention to recent major decisions including Wurridjal v The Commonwealth, Clarke v Commissioner of Taxation and Lane v Morrison. The final session features a panel discussion of 'The Pape Case and Fiscal Federalism'.

For more information or to register online, please visit www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au.