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  High Court of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The High Court of Australia is the court of last resort for the jurisdiction of Australia.
The functions of the High Court are to interpret and apply the law of Australia; to decide cases of special federal significance including challenges to the constitutional validity of laws and to hear appeals, by special leave, from Federal, State and Territory courts.
In Brisbane and Perth registry functions are performed on behalf of the High Court by officers of the Federal Court of Australia, and in Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin they are performed by officers of the Supreme Court of the respective State or Territory.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/High_Court_of_Australia   (632 words)

  
 ATTACKS ON JUDGES - A UNIVERSAL PHENOMENON
One liberal High Court judge in Australia, Justice Lionel Murphy, suggested fifteen years ago that there was actually insufficient, and not excessive, attention to the courts and their importance to the government of the country.
The retirement from the High Court of Australia of two of the seven Justices and the pending retirement of the Chief Justice on attaining the constitutional retiring age of 70 years, led to a declaration by the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, that the Government would appoint "capital C conservatives" to replace the retirees.
But it is necessary for judges and lawyers to remind their fellow citizens of the causes of those revolutions, the importance of maintaining the principles which were thereby secured and the dangers involved in expecting judges to decide cases on whether their decisions will be popular or not.
www.hcourt.gov.au /speeches/kirbyj/kirbyj_maui.htm   (5609 words)

  
 International Criminal Court : The Judges - Biographical Notes
Judges elected from list A who have established competence in criminal law and procedure, and the necessary relevant experience, whether as judge, prosecutor, advocate or in other similar capacity, in criminal proceedings.
Judges elected from List B, who have established competence in relevant areas of international law such as international humanitarian law and the law of human rights, and extensive experience in a professional legal capacity which is of relevance to the judicial work of the Court.
Judge Kuenyehia is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
www.icc-cpi.int /chambers/judges.html   (3700 words)

  
 High Court of Australia - About the High Court - History of the High Court
Although the High Court of Australia was established in 1901 by Section 71 of the Constitution, the appointment of the first Bench had to await the passage of the Judiciary Act in 1903.
At the same time, the workload of the High Court had grown to the extent that it was stretching the capacity of five Justices, so Parliament agreed to again increase the Bench by two.
The Great Depression had caused the workload of the High Court to decrease, and consequently there was a view in some areas of government that, in the interests of economy, the two vacancies on the High Court Bench should not be filled.
www.hcourt.gov.au /about_02.html   (1618 words)

  
 LLRX.com - Update to Researching Australian Law
The Commonwealth of Australia is a common law jurisdiction; a federation within the British Commonwealth, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.
Australia was first settled as a British penal colony in 1788, and, although there was a widespread indigenous population, was deemed "terra nullius" (empty land), a finding only overturned in 1992 by the famous land rights decision of the High Court of Australia in Mabo
It is important to an understanding of the federal nature of Australia to know that each of the colonies had their own constitutions and had been enacting laws long before Federation.
www.llrx.com /features/australian.htm   (4885 words)

  
 Overlawyered: Australia Archives
Australia: "A Supreme Court judge has called for the internet to be purged of any material likely to prejudice a trial, to prevent jurors conducting their own investigations into cases they are sitting on.
Judges from the highest courts of New South Wales and Queensland are among the latest to be taken in by a widely circulated list of amusing but entirely fictitious court cases which supposedly won "Stella Awards"; our debunking appeared August 2001.
Australia is in an uproar after a New South Wales teacher, Jeff Sinclair, won a A$28,000 payout for "psychological injury" for being fired for starting a relationship with a 15-year-old student a third of his age.
www.overlawyered.com /australia   (5023 words)

  
 High Court of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In Brisbane and Perth, AustraliaPerth registry functions are performed on behalf of the High Court by officers of the Federal Court of Australia, and in Adelaide, AustraliaAdelaide, Hobart and Darwin, AustraliaDarwin/ they are performed by officers of the Supreme Court of the respective State or Territory.
A court on the Indonesian island of Bali has cut five years off a 20-year jail term given to an Australian beauty therapist convicted in a high-profile drug case, one of her lawyers said on Wednesday.
Australia's reputation as a human rights champion had been so tarnished in recent years that it could be called a wolf in sheep's clothing, the retiring High Court justice Michael McHugh said yesterday.
www.infothis.com /find/High_Court_of_Australia   (790 words)

  
 Supreme Court - Supreme Court of NSW and its Judicial Officers: Lawlink NSW
Judicial appointments are made on the basis of a legal practitioner’s integrity, high level of legal skills and the depth of his or her practical experience.
Judges must apply the laws in force at the time and only comment when they are deciding a case.
The Chief Justice and the Judges of the Court are not able to decide whether lawyers have done the best they can for their clients unless the Legal Services Commissioner brings a case to the Court.
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au /sc/sc.nsf/pages/judicial_index   (1405 words)

  
 Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was a high churchman but held that both sections of his church could be equally devoted to it, and though a total abstainer he would not force his views on those who disagreed with him.
Returning to Australia he became director of military operations, and was acting-chief of the general staff at the outbreak of the 1914-18 war.
While in Australia he wrote a little for the press but published nothing in book form, and though befriended by James Smith (q.v.) and others he was obliged to apply for admittance to the Melbourne benevolent asylum in February 1862.
gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html   (20436 words)

  
 Father Judge High School -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
To cover a 70-year old high school in the depth you are attempting here would probably amount to writing a short book on the school.
List Of High Court Judges Of England And Wales
List Of High Court Judges Of Northern Ireland
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High Court appointments have also been similarly politicized and these issues were dealt with at length in the appellant's books, including for example the appointment of Judge Callinan.
Judge Bill Gillard in a judgement of April 18 ruled against this and yet some time later (the next year in fact) author and publisher were re-charged with contempt, this time being placed in front of a personal friend of Hulls, namely fellow ALP Lawyer and former Fabian socialist, Judge Geoffrey Eames.
But of course the judges had demanded to see the news clip in the hope that they'd be able to catch Hoser out for not having it and then to (falsely) accuse the meticulously honest Hoser of lying about it's existence or the conversation with the person who wrote it.
www.smuggled.com /Appeal2.htm   (7067 words)

  
 GuruNet — Content Map
List of Judicial Committees of the Privy Council and House of Lords cases
List of Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States/workspace
www.gurunet.com /cm-dsid-2222-letter-1L-first-21251   (107 words)

  
 Supreme Court of Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior Court in the State.
The Court is divided into two divisions - the Court of Appeal and the Trial Division.
Documents such as decisions, practice notes, and Court Lists are not official versions and should not be relied upon as such.
www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au   (135 words)

  
 High Court of Australia
The Australian High Court is established under Section 71 of the Australian Constitution.
The Court is the final arbiter of interpretation of the Australian Constitution, as well as the final court of appeal from all other Australian State and Federal courts.
Justices of the High Court - full list of all Justices and Chief Justices since 1903.
www.australianpolitics.com /constitution/highcourt   (188 words)

  
 Historians in the News: Latest
The list is arranged in reverse chronological order, as are the entries within each section.
A court in the western city of Hamedan initially sentenced the leftist scholar to hang, and even upheld its verdict when a re-trial was ordered in the face of angry student protests and international pressure.
Iran's Supreme Court on Friday Feb. 14, 2003 revoked the death sentence imposed in November against the chairman of the history department at Tarbiat Modarres University, in Tehran.
hnn.us /articles/1120.html   (4385 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Oxford Companion to the High Court Of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This pioneering reference work is a comprehensive and scholarly publication that examines the High Court of Australia's public work, the Court's role in Australian law, politics and society, and the Court's inner workings.
With no less than 800 pages dedicated to the various aspects of the Court's history, personalities and institutional structures, it is a must-own for the students of the High Court.
Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of NSW (1957).
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0195540220   (480 words)

  
 Constitution of the United States of America
The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.
And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.
The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
discoverthomasjefferson.com /articles/ConstitutionOfTheUSA.html   (2845 words)

  
 Law Info - List of Jurists lawyer attorney southern abortion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The following lists are of prominent jurists, including judges, listed in alphabetical order by jurisdiction.
It is important to find a motorized machine that has a natural stride and is built to last.
This is a just a short list of potential home fitness equipment.
www.morelawinfo.com /List_of_jurists.php   (1156 words)

  
 CFP 2005 > PANOPTICON'05
Marcia is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the District Court for the District of Columbia.
Professor Kerr is a former law clerk for two federal judges: Judge Leonard I. Garth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court.
Lee clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States and for Judge Abner J. Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit.
cfp2005.org /Speakers.html   (11865 words)

  
 Articles - High Court of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Some particularly notable ones include the 1948 finding that the Chifley government's legislation to nationalise Australia's private banks was unconstitutional, the 1951 finding that Robert Menzies'; attempts to ban the Communist Party of Australia were unconstitutional, and the 1992 Mabo decision.
Justice Michael McHugh(to be replaced by the Justice Susan Crennan of the Federal Court of Australia, as of 1 November 2005)
See also: List of Judges of the High Court of Australia, List of High Court of Australia cases, Australian court hierarchy.
www.gaple.com /articles/High_Court_of_Australia?mySession=9509b7c8cdf60f2387fd768ceaec2e7b   (622 words)

  
 Aubrey Herbert's Economic Education
ABC26 reporter Yunji de Nies wrote a story on August 1st on the need for Louisiana National Guard equipment to be in state in the coming months.
WGNO-TV reports of dozens of high water vehicles, humvees, refuelers, and generators that are now in Iraq, and "in the event of a major natural disaster that, could be a problem."
Every home, small business or church would produce more taxes as a shopping center or office building.
aubreyherbert.blogspot.com   (1555 words)

  
 ABC Action News - Mentioned Information - St. Petersburg, Tampa, Sarasota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
All Manatee District high school athletes are eligible to receive free physicals this Saturday, July 30, as part of a collaborative community effort between the district schools and local hospitals and a host of area physicians.
There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Now in its fifth year, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with courts, judges, attorneys and advocates to finalize their adoptions into permanent families and to celebrate adoption.
www.tampabaylive.com /onair/websites.shtml   (6107 words)

  
 Boycott Brazil
May 20, 2003, Lambros returns to the District Court and files a MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT DUE TO This is a continuation of Lambros' April 13, 2001 motion to vacate judgment due to violations of Title 28 U.S.C.A. §455(a) and §455(b)(3) by U.S. Judge ROBERT G. RENNER'S impartiality towards Lambros during all proceedings.
He was denied a bail hearing and bail that had been previously approved by the U.S. federal district court judge that authorized his arrest in Brazil.
Lambros' sentence was overturned on September 8, 1995 by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals that vacated his mandatory life sentence without parole because the sentence was not legal under a law in effect at the time of his alleged crime.
www.members.aol.com /BrazilBoycott   (13336 words)

  
 ResourceShelf
High Court Copyright decision a victory for libraries and research
Anytime you feel tempted to add a new feature or advanced technology to your site, first consider whether you would get a higher ROI by spending the resources on polishing the quality of what you already have.
Alongside a seaman´s name, age, place of birth, summary of their service and a list of ships on which they served, many of the later records (of those who joined after 1873) contain a description of your ancestor´s appearance.
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High Court Of Sindh Karachi - Legal Internet Links.::
Supreme Court of U.S.A. Supreme Court of Singapore
Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved High Court of Sindh
www.sindhhighcourt.gov.pk /legal.shtml   (26 words)

  
 Justice Directory - www.copnet.org
California - Judicial Council of California - Database of California Courts
New York - Office of Court Administration - NY State Court records
Texas - U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas
www.copnet.net /justice.html   (787 words)

  
 An Open Letter to the Delegates of the 48th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) (Human Rights Watch, ...
MMFD—Movimento da Magistratura Fluminense pela Democracia (Movement of State of Rio de Janeiro's Judges for Democracy), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Craig Carmichael, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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