18th IALL Course of International Law Librarianship
"Australasian Law and Librarianship"
Old Treasury Building, Melbourne, Australia,
12-16 September 1999.

 

Conference Programme

With thanks to the following Programme Sponsors:
ALLG Victoria Butterworths
Butterworths
Excata The Federation Press
Hammicks Kluwer Law International LBC Information Services LEXIS-NEXIS
Monash University Faculty of Law University of Melbourne Faculty of Law

Sunday 12th September (Old Treasury Building)
17:00-17.30 Registration
17:30-19.30 Welcome reception in the Gold Vaults, Old Treasury Building

 

Monday 13th September (Old Treasury Building)
INDIGENOUS LAW
9.00-9.30 Registration
9.30-9.45 Opening remarks: Larry B.Wenger, President, IALL
9.45-10.00 Welcome address: Jacqueline Elliott, Court Librarian, High Court of Australia
10.00-11.00 Keynote address: Do the Walls Have Ears? Indigenous Title and Courts in Australia
Justice Peter Gray, Federal Court of Australia
11.00-11.30 Morning tea
11.30-12.30 AUSTLII and Indigenous Materials
Siobhan McCann, Australasian Legal Information Institute
12.30-14.00 Luncheon
14.00-15.00 Indigenous Law - the Canadian Position
Pamela O’Connor, Monash University Faculty of Law
15.00-15.30 Afternoon tea
15.30-16.15 International Developments in Indigenous Rights
Julie Debeljak, Monash University Faculty of Law
16.15-18.00 Annual General Meeting of IALL
18.15-20.00 Tour of the Parliamentary Library - Parliament of Victoria. Cocktails

 

Tuesday, 14th September (Old Treasury Building)
ASIAN LAW AND MATERIALS
9.30-10.30 Keynote address: Reflections of an Itinerant Judge in the Asia-Pacific Region
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE, Former Chief Justice, High Court of Australia
10.30-11.00 Morning tea
11.00-11.45 Asian Nations in Transition to Market Economies and the World Trade Organisation: The Shrimp Case
Professor Gillian Triggs, Associate Dean Undergraduate, University of Melbourne
11.45 -12.30 Training the Trainers from Developing Countries - Issues for the Library
Prue Presser, University of Melbourne Law Library
12.30-14.00 Luncheon
14.00-15.00 Building an Asian Law Collection
Professor Malcolm Smith, Director, Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.15 Acquisition of Asian Law Materials
Ruth Bird, Law Librarian, University of Melbourne;
Bick-Har Yeung, Head, East Asian Collection, University of Melbourne
16.15 Depart for the Supreme Court of Victoria Library
17.00-18.00 Presentation and tour, the Supreme Court of Victoria Library
18.00-19.30 Cocktails

 

Wednesday 15th September (Monash University Art Gallery & Healesville Sanctuary)
CONSERVATION OF AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
8.45 Meet at Old Treasury Building for transport to Monash University
9.45-10.30 Problems in the Conservation of Australian Wildlife, Monash University Art Gallery
Mick Trimmer, Director of Wildlife Protection, Environment Australia
10.30-11.00 Morning Tea, Monash University Art Gallery
11.00-11.30 Tour, Monash University Law Library
11.30- Excursion to Healesville Sanctuary, including BBQ lunch.
16.45-21.30 Return via Yarra Valley, tour and dinner at Domaine Chandon winery.

 

Thursday 16th September (University of Melbourne, Plaza Conference Centre)
AUSTRALIAN LAW AND LIBRARIANSHIP
9.00-10.00 International Commercial Arbitration in Australasia
Sir Daryl Dawson, AC KBE CB, Former Justice, High Court of Australia
10.00.-11.00 Australian Federalism and the Role of the Governor-General.
Professor Cheryl Saunders. Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Melbourne.
11.00-11.30 Morning Tea
11.30-12.15 Researching Australian Law
Graeme Coss, University of Sydney Faculty of Law;
Irene Nemes, University of New South Wales Faculty of Law;
Petal Kinder, Monash University Faculty of Law
12.30-14.00 Buffet luncheon, Plaza Conference Centre
14.30-15.15 Law Libraries in Australia
Panel: Nicholas Pengelley, Law Librarian, Monash University;
James Butler, Court Librarian, Supreme Court of Victoria;
Jenny Wood, Manager - Library Services, Minter Ellison;
Julia Butler, Library Manager, ACT Government Law Library
15.30-17.00 Tour of Law Library, University of Melbourne
19.00-19.30 Pre-dinner drinks, Windsor Hotel, Spring Street.
19.30-23.00 Conference dinner at the Windsor Hotel, Spring Street.

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