Conference “Confidence in the Courts”
Canberra 9 to 11 February 2007
Papers
Friday | 9 February 2007
1.30–1.45pm
WELCOME
Chief Justice JOHN DOYLE AC, Supreme Court of South Australia and
Prof MICHAEL COPER, Dean, ANU College of Law
1.45–2.15pm
SESSION 1: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Public Confidence in the Courts
Chief Justice MURRAY GLEESON AC, High Court of Australia
2.15–3.30pm
SESSION 2: DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS?
Surveys of Public Confidence and the Response of Courts in the USA ppt
Dr DAVID B. ROTTMAN, Principal Research Consultant, National Center for State
Courts (USA)
Surveys of Public Confidence and the Response of the Courts in Australia
Judge CHRISTINE TRENORDEN, District Court of South Australia ppt
4–5.15pm
SESSION 3: WHAT AFFECTS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS?
A Historical Perspective on Confidence
in the Courts
Judge GREG WOODS, District Court of NSW
News as Entertainment and Celebrity:
The judge in an era of familiarity
Mr DUNCAN KERR SC MP, Federal Parliament of Australia
Saturday | 10 February 2007
9–9.30am
SESSION 4: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Confidence in the Courts
Mr PHILIP RUDDOCK MP, Commonwealth Attorney-General
9.30–11am
SESSION 5: JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS, JUDICIAL BEHAVIOUR, THE COST OF ACCESS AND
JUDICIAL CORROSION
Judicial Appointments, Judicial Behaviour and Complaint
Mechanisms
Chief Justice MARILYN WARREN AC, Supreme Court of Victoria
The Cost of Access to Courts
Dr PETER CASHMAN, Commissioner, Victorian Law Reform Commission
Judicial Corrosion: Outlines of a
theory
Prof JOHN KLEINIG, ANU & City University of NY (USA) &
Prof SEUMAS MILLER, ANU
11.30am–1pm
SESSION 6A: MAGISTRATES’ COURTS AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
Public Confidence in Magistrates'
Courts
Magistrate GEORGE ZDENKOWSKI, Local Court, NSW
Judicial Demeanour: Implications
for public confidence
Prof KATHY MACK, Flinders University SA & Prof SHARYN ROACH ANLEU, Flinders
University SA
SESSION 6B: WHAT AFFECTS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS?—ACCOUNTABILITY
OF THE COURTS
Judicial Accountability and the Separation of Powers ppt
Deputy Chief Justice JOHN FAULKS, Family Court of Australia
Models of Court Administration in Australia: Have we got it right yet?
Prof PETER SALLMANN, Monash University, Victoria
2–3.15pm
SESSION 7A: HOW ARE PEOPLE TREATED BY THE COURTS?
How Was It For Them?
Mr NIC BOLTO, Executive Director, Court Network Victoria
Youths’ Perceptions of the Justice System ppt
Dr CHRISTINE BOND, University of Queensland, Prof JOHN WESTERN, University of
Queensland, & Prof PAUL MAZEROLLE, Griffith University QLD
Confidence in What? Victims of Crime
and the Legitimacy of Justice
Ms ROBYN HOLDER, Chair, Victim Support Australasia; ACT Victims of Crime Coordinator
SESSION 7B: HOW ARE PEOPLE TREATED BY THE COURTS?
Experts in Courts and Tribunals
Dr IAN FRECKELTON, Barrister, Owen Dixon Chambers, Victoria
The Right Not to Have a Lawyer
Assoc Prof DUNCAN WEBB, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Jurors as the Courts’ Ambassadors
to the Community
Mr RUDY MONTELEONE, Juries Commissioner, Victoria
3.45–5pm
SESSION 8: ENHANCING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS—SELECTING AND DEVELOPING
THE JUDICIARY
Journalists
Trying to Make a Quid, Politicians Seeking Re-election and Tightrope-walking
Judges: Three-ring circus or democracy in action?
Justice MARGARET McMURDO, President, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland
Continuing Professional Development for the Judiciary: Promoting public confidence
in the court system?
Dr JOHN LYNCH, Crown Counsel Victoria
5.30–6.30pm SESSION 9: VIDEO PRESENTATION
How the Australian Public’s Perception of Judges is Influenced by Film
and TV
Mr GLENN MARTIN SC, President, Australian Bar Association
Sunday | 11 February 2007
9–10.30am
SESSION 10: ENHANCING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS—CURRENT RESEARCH
Independent Qualitative Research on the Public Impact of the Family Court’s
‘Less Adversarial Proceedings’ Pilot: Implications for other courts?
Justice LINDA DESSAU, Family Court of Australia
Rougher Than Usual Media Treatment:
The media, politics and the judiciary, a discourse analysis of disrespect and
direction
Ms PAMELA SCHULZ, University of South Australia
Measuring Public Confidence in European Courts: Threats,
promises and some implications for Australia
Mr RICHARD MOHR, University of Wollongong NSW