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	Chief Justice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the equivalent position is the Lord Chief Justice and in Scotland the equivalent is the Lord President of the Court of Session.
		The Chief Justice is often responsible for serving as chair during private supreme court deliberations, and often is first to voice his opinion.
		An extraordinary historical Chief Justice's mandate was in the case of the Tripartite German-UK-US Protectorate of (West) Samoa, administered by the joint Consuls of the three protecting powers, where he had the power to decide "any question...
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chief_Justice (386 words)

	The Hon Chief Justice Anthony Murray Gleeson, AC - Senate - The University of Sydney
		The Hon Chief Justice Anthony Murray Gleeson, AC The degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) was conferred upon The Hon Chief Justice Anthony Murray Gleeson at the Law ceremony held on 7 May 1999.
		I have the honour to present the Chief Justice of Australia, the Honourable A. Murray Gleeson AC, for the conferring of the degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa).
		In May 1998, he was appointed Chief Justice of Australia, and reaction to his appointment showed that he is held in the highest regard across the political spectrum and throughout the judiciary of Australia.
	www.usyd.edu.au /senate/committees/advisoryGleeson.shtml (724 words)

	Australian Judicial Misbehaviour
		Australia is in danger of being engulfed in hatred, racism and division because of mischievous self-seekers spreading false information about Aboriginal land claims.
		The Chief Justice has required that I reply to your letter of 6 August seeking a transcript of the remarks made by the Chief Justice at Cambridge in July.
		It is deplorable that the Chief Justice of the High Court and a judge of the Federal Court have descended to the levels of political diatribe until very recently confined to the extremes of politics.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /cooray/mabo/chap28.htm (2201 words)

	Chief Justice of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chief Justice of Australia is the senior justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.
		The office of Chief Justice is established under section 71 of the Australian Constitution, which establishes the High Court as consisting of a Chief Justice and at least two other Justices.
		The Chief Justice is first among equals among the Justices of the High Court, and the position differs little from that of the other members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Australia (257 words)

	Family Court of Australia Chief Justice
		Chief Justice Bryant was appointed as Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia on 5 July 2004.
		Prior to her appointment to the bench, Chief Justice Bryant practised at the Victorian Bar from 1990 until 2000 where she specialised in family law and de facto property disputes, particularly at appellate level.
		Between 1977 and 1990, Chief Justice Bryant was a partner with the firm of Phillips Fox in Perth where she practised as a solicitor and counsel specialising in family law.
	www.familycourt.gov.au /presence/connect/www/home/about/the_courts_organisation/judges/court_org_judges_chief_justice (184 words)

	Longest-serving Chief Justice to retire - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		Australia's longest-serving chief justice, Western Australia's David Malcolm, is to step down from the bench early next year for a job in academia.
		Justice Malcolm, aged 67, has announced he will retire as Western Australia's chief judicial officer on February 7 to take up the post of Chair of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
		Justice Malcolm is Australia's longest-serving chief justice currently on the bench.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/Longestserving-Chief-Justice-to-retire/2005/11/09/1131407685256.html (362 words)

	Roundtable Meeting of Chief Justices and Ministers of Justice - Panel Presentation and Discussion - ADB.org
		Panel discussants at the afternoon session were Chief Justice A.T.M. Afzal of Bangladesh, Chief Justice Gerard Brennan of Australia, Chief Justice Thomas Eichelbaum of New Zealand and Minister of Law and Justice Ramakant D. Khalap of India.
		Chief Justice Gerard Brennan of Australia underscored the diversity and disparities among and within the legal systems of the region and called for greater attention to understanding and enhancing the key roles of constituent members of the legal system.
		Chief Justice Thomas Eichelbaum of New Zealand endorsed mandatory continuing legal training for government lawyers and judges as a valuable form of human resource development and progress in implementing legal reform.
	www.adb.org /documents/conference/seminar_roundtable/round130.asp (758 words)

	High Court of Australia - Justices - Chief Justice Gleeson
		Anthony Murray Gleeson was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia in May 1998.
		At the time of his appointment he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, having been appointed to that office in November 1988.
		He was Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales from 1989 to 1998, and was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 1992.
	www.hcourt.gov.au /gleesonj.htm (125 words)

	The Justices of the Supreme Court
		William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 1, 1924.
		Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, was born August 15, 1938, in San Francisco, California, the son of Irving G. Breyer and Anne R. Breyer.
		Justice Breyer served as clerk to the Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, during the 1964-1965 term.
	www.usscplus.com /info/justices.htm (1556 words)

	Catholic University honours missiology veteran and Chief Justice
		Meanwhile Chief Justice Gleeson was awarded his honorary doctorate at the 6pm graduation ceremony alongside graduands from the Faculties of Arts and Sciences and Health Sciences.
		With an array of accomplishments to his name, Chief Justice Gleeson held the offices of Chief Justice (appointed in 1988) and Lieutenant Governor (appointed in 1989) until his appointment to the High Court as Chief Justice of Australia in May 1998.
		In 1992 Chief Justice Gleeson was made a Companion of the Order for services to law and to the Crown, and in 2000 he was awarded the Centenary Medal.
	www.cathnews.com /news/504/6.php (1087 words)

	The World at War - Australian Timeline 1918-48
		While Australia traded with many nations her main trading partners during the pre-war period were, in order of importance, Great Britain, United States, Japan and Germany.
		Australia sends small expeditionary force to capture the German colonies in the southwest pacific and neutralise German naval wireless communications.
		Australia sends the second AIF to support British war effort in Europe, especially in the Western Desert of North Africa, Greece & Crete, on Cyprus and the Middle East.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/australia/18-48.html (2125 words)

	TIME Pacific \| Reviewing The Rules \| November 20, 2000 \| NO. 46
		Australia's federal founders realized that the system they were creating -a hybrid of U.S. federalism and Britain's Westminster system-contained an inherent inconsistency between the law-vetoing power of the Senate, demanded by the states in return for giving up some of their own powers, and the law-making power of the House of Representatives.
		A century ago, politicians of most stripes agreed that it was imperative to restrict immigration on the basis of skin color-the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act and Pacific Islands Laborers Act were among the federal government's first pieces of legislation.
		Australia's chief justice is a fan of the country's "rules"
	www.time.com /time/pacific/magazine/20001120/boyer.html (962 words)

	Judicial Nominations - Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
		From 1989 until 1993, Chief Justice Roberts served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General, the second-in-command in the Office of the Solicitor General.
		Chief Justice Roberts' Supreme Court arguments alone span a vast set of issues within the Supreme Court's jurisdiction, including admiralty, antitrust, arbitration, environmental law, free speech/religion, health care law, Indian law, bankruptcy, tax, regulation of financial institutions, administrative law, labor law, federal jurisdiction and procedure, interstate commerce, civil rights, and criminal law.
		Chief Justice Roberts, a member of the D.C. Bar, is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
	www.whitehouse.gov /infocus/judicialnominees/roberts.html (1001 words)

	A History of Islam in Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The growing demand from the east coast of the continent for new lands and for new mining areas, in the middle of the nineteenth century, facilitated the introduction of the camel and its appendage, the Muslim Afghan cameleer.
		Australia was an enthusiastic supporter in the main, with only the Industrial Workers of the World opposing the slaughter.
		Cannot Australia render something in return for all this, so that we can meet this brave and loyal people with countenance unashamed?" The right to vote was withheld until, after a visit of the Indian statesman Dr Sastri in 1925, some Indians in Melbourne tested the matter in court and won a favourable verdict.
	www.islamfortoday.com /australia03.htm (17469 words)

	FACULTY OF LAW - The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan, Chief Justice of Australia
		Of course, a sophisticated blend of legal and journalistic skills is needed to translate to the public the technical language of the law, the differing functions of judge and jury, the significance of precedent, the social significance of a judgment and its impact on future legal development.
		The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, on the other hand, can be amended only if the amending Bill is passed by an absolute majority of both Houses of the Parliament and approved at a referendum by a majority of voters in a majority of States and by a majority of all voters throughout Australia
		In both countries, the people are entitled to be informed not only of a judgment which affects their constitutional destiny but also of the faithful and impartial application of the rule of law by their delegates, the Courts, in coming to judgment.
	www.hcourt.gov.au /speeches/brennanj/brennanj_irish.htm (6115 words)

	Eastern Book Company - Practical Lawyer
		The reason for that is that unlike the judges U.S. Supreme Court and the Australian High Court for whom there is no age of retirement, the judges of the Supreme Court of India retire on attaining the age of sixty-five.
		His record was surpassed by Justice William O'Douglas who completed, in April 1974, 35 years of service as a judge of that court.
		This issue contained a large number of articles to commemorate that occasion and amongst the contributories were Earl Warren, former Chief Justice, and Justice Warren Burger, the present Chief Justice of the United States.
	www.ebc-india.com /lawyer/articles/77v1a1.htm (711 words)

	AdelaideNow... What is Justice?
		When the justice of the peace is in court, the community demonstrates its interest in the administration of justice, by having one of its members, as distinct from a full time professional, sitting on the bench.
		The role of the media in the administration of justice is an important one, because it exposes the administration of justice to the public gaze.
		Justice has this qualitative aspect, which depends upon the way in which each individual case is dealt with, the process and the result.
	www.news.com.au /adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20626388-5006301,00.html (2844 words)

	A Rebuttal Of The Chief Justice's Justification Of Mabo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A Rebuttal Of The Chief Justice's Justification Of Mabo
		The Chief Justice Sir Anthony Mason in an extra-judicial forum defends the Mabo judgement.
		They identified themselves with the judgment of Brennan J. The Chief Justice of the High Court did not write a separate judgment in a case which provided the most controversial judgment the High Court has ever delivered.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /cooray/mabo/chap30.htm (464 words)

	Law Council of Australia - Media Release - 11/Oct/1999 - Heed Chief Justice's Warning on Legal Aid Funding ...
		Daryl Williams AM QC MP, to heed the warnings of the Chief Justice of Australia relating to the ramifications, on the justice system and litigants, of a lack of legal aid funding.
		So is not providing legal aid."The Chief Justice also indicated that the phenomena of unrepresented litigants raised issues relating to fairness and justice under Australia's adversarial justice system.
		"When the Chief Justice of Australia begins publicly raising his concerns with a lack of legal aid and an increase in unrepresented litigants, the Federal Attorney-General really should listen" said the President of the Law Council, Dr Gordon Hughes.
	www.lawcouncil.asn.au /read/1999/1957000525.html (331 words)

	Export: The Hon David Malcolm. Chief Justice of Western Australia » ABC South West WA
		Love is in the air for The Chief Justice of Western Australia, David Malcolm.
		In 1988 The Hon David Malcolm was appointed Chief Justice of Western Australia.
		Today, Chief Justice, David Malcolm is a changed man. He enjoys a loving home life, devoted partner and is experiencing fatherhood all over again with a his much loved and adored five year old daughter.
	www.abc.net.au /southwestwa/stories/s613185.htm (162 words)

	UTS salutes former Chief Justice
		UTS is to present an honorary award to retired Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Sir Gerard Brennan, who gave the principal judgment in the Mabo case.
		He was sworn in as the 10th Chief Justice of Australia in April 1995.
		In this case the High Court exploded the common law myth that Australia was 'terra nullius' prior to British colonisation.
	www.uts.edu.au /new/archives/1998/july/28.html (255 words)

	Murray Gleeson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anthony Murray Gleeson (born 30 August 1938) AC QC is the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.
		Gleeson was appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1988.
		During his tenure as Chief Justice, Gleeson has actively maintained the importance of judicial independence in the face of increasing executive government power and public anger with court decisions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Murray_Gleeson (480 words)

	Former Chief Justice is New Chancellor
		Former High Court Chief Justice the Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE has been elected Chancellor of the Council of UTS.
		Before his appointment in 1995 as the 10th Chief Justice of Australia, Sir Gerard was most widely known for his principal judgement in the 1992 Mabo v Queensland decision which, by upholding Native Title, removed a major foundation of discrimination and injustice in Australian law against indigenous people.
		After being appointed to the office of Chief Justice, Sir Gerard conducted a vigorous defence against perceived political attacks on the judiciary which challenged the integrity and independence of the courts.
	www.uts.edu.au /new/archives/1998/november/24.html (307 words)

	Samuel Walker Griffith, Sir Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920), premier of Queensland and chief justice of Australia, was one of the ablest advocates of the federation of the Australian colonies and one of the greatest jurists produced by Australia in the 19th century.
		He was the chief draftsman of the constitution adopted at the 1891 convention in Sydney, and it was the basis of the final Australian Commonwealth constitution.
		In 1893 Griffith became chief justice of Queensland and proved a valuable reformer of the criminal law.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/samuel-walker-griffith-sir (499 words)

	WA Chief Justice backs criminal case review. 19/10/2006. ABC News Online
		The Chief Justice of Western Australia, Wayne Martin, has told a criminal law conference consideration needs to be given to establishing a Criminal Cases Review Committee.
		Chief Justice Martin says he profoundly regrets that there have been a handful of cases in Western Australia in which people have served lengthy periods of imprisonment as a consequence of convictions which were wrong.
		However, he told the conference that while it is cause for concern, there is no crisis of confidence in the justice system.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200610/s1769107.htm (203 words)

	Family Court of Australia Deputy Chief Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Deputy Chief Justice Faulks was appointed as Deputy Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia on 25 June 2004.
		Prior to his appointment to the Family Court of Australia on 12 October 1994, Deputy Chief Justice Faulks was a Senior Partner of Phillips Fox, practising extensively in family law.
		Deputy Chief Justice Faulks was President of the Law Council of Australia from 1987 to 1988, Vice President from 1986 to 1987, and Treasurer from 1984 to 1985.
	www.familycourt.gov.au /presence/connect/www/home/about/the_courts_organisation/judges/court_org_judges_deputy_chief_justice (148 words)

	Magna Carta Place
		The following naming of Magna Carta Place address was given by The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE, Chief Justice of Australia, on 12 October 1997, at Langton Crescent, Canberra, Australia.
		Four centuries after the Charter was granted, Sir Edward Coke called it "the Charter of Liberty, because it maketh freemen." This is not the occasion to rehearse the textual or historical support for all that has been said about the Charter.
		We do so with a sense of gratitude for those who brought the law with them to these shores, a law that endures for the benefit of those who were here before and those who have come after to make Australia their home.
	www.magnacharta.com /articles/magna.htm (954 words)

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