Julius Stone Centenary Conference, 5-7 July 2007
The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney is pleased to announce an international conference to mark the centenary of the birth of Julius Stone.
Julius Stone (1907-1985) was Challis Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the University of Sydney from 1942 to 1972 and is recognised internationally as one of the leading legal theorists of the twentieth century. He is the author of numerous works, including The Province and Function of Law (1947) and Legal Controls of International Conflict (1954).
The conference will close on 7 July – Julius Stone’s birthday – with an opportunity for reflection on his life and legacy.
For information about the life and work of Professor Julius Stone, see the Biography page of this website.
The conference will be opened by The Hon. Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of Australia.
Registrations now open
Registrations for the Julius Stone Centenary Conference are now open.
To download a conference registration form in Word format, please CLICK HERE.
Registration forms should be returned to the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
DX 983 Sydney
Fax (02) 9351 0200
E-mail jsi@law.usyd.edu.au
Conference Dinner: 7 July 2007
A conference dinner will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth, 101-161 Phillip St, Sydney on Saturday, 7 July at 7pm.
Please CLICK HERE to download a reservation form for the dinner.
Conference Speakers
Download the conference programme
Keynote speaker:
Upendra Baxi, University of Warwick, UK, Situating Julius Stone Amidst the Two 'Terror' Wars
Plenary sessions:
Tony Blackshield, Macquarie University, will sing The Julius Stone Waltz
Reg Graycar, University of Sydney, Australia, Gender, Race, Bias and Perspective OR How Otherness Colours Your Judgment
Allan Hutchinson, York University, Toronto, Canada, The Province of Jurisprudence Democratised
Fleur Johns, University of Sydney, Australia, The Gift of Realism: Julius Stone and the International Law Academy in Australia, 1954-1994
Stanley L. Paulson, University of Kiel, Germany, Sociological Jurisprudence versus the Pure Theory of Law: Julius Stone and Hans Kelsen
Kristen Rundle, University of Toronto, Canada, A Duty to Learn? Julius Stone and the Eichmann Trial
Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney, Australia, Two Concepts of Equality
Adrienne Stone, University of Melbourne, Australia, Julius Stone's Life
Jonathan Stone, Australian National University, Australia, The Roles of Universities: Views of a Scholar of the Last Century
Margaret Thornton, Australian National University, Australia, Free Trade and Justice: Can They Coexist?
Parallel sessions:
Maurice Adams, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Towards an Institutional Jurisprudence of Fundamental Rights Adjudication: Three Systems Compared
Nicholas Aroney, University of Queensland, Australia, Articulating the Reasons for Decision in Political Communication Cases
Christopher Connolly, Clifford Chance LLP, The European Court of Human Rights and Accountability for State Violence in Northern Ireland
Andrew Dahdal, Macquarie University, Australia, The Applicability of International Law to the Middle East: Understanding the Views of Julius Stone
Tony Earls, Colin, Biggers & Paisley, Sydney, Australia, Irish Republican Courts, 1919-1922: Political Tool or Legal System?
David Goldman, Deacons & University of Sydney, Australia, World Society before Globalisation
James Green, University of Reading, UK, The Clarification of Self-Defence: Proposals Old and New
Aeyal Gross, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, Proper Courts? Rethinking Transnational Legal Process and the ICJ's Role in Enforcing International Humanitarian Law
David Hamer, University of Queensland, Australia, Original, Spurious and Other Versions of the Rule Excluding Similar Fact Evidence
Nicholas Kaufman, Office of District Attorney of Jerusalem, Israel, The Role of International Criminal Tribunals in Prosecution of Violations of the Laws of War
Wendy Lambourne, University of Sydney, Australia, Transitional Justice after Mass Violence: Reconciling Retributive and Restorative Justice
Murray Raff, University of Canberra, Australia, Natural Law, the Freedom of Property and the Environment
Michael Robertson, University of Otago, Telling Law's Two Stories
Chaim Saiman, Villanova School of Law, USA, Precedent and Law: A Comparative Common Law Analysis
Ben Saul, University of Sydney, Australia, Apologist, Formalist or Jurist Par Excellence: Julius Stone and the Question of Palestine in International Law
Anat Scolnicov, University of Cambridge, UK, The Two Faces of Religious Freedom and Religious Free Speech
Shirley Scott, University of New South Wales, Australia, International Justice and International law
Kirsten Sellars, University of Aberdeen, UK, The Short History of Crimes against Peace
Helen M. Stacy, Stanford Law School, USA, Human Rights at Gunpoint
Timothy Webster, Law Clerk Designate, District of Massachusetts, US, No Foreigners Allowed: Racial Discrimination Lawsuits in Japan
Steven Wheatley, Leeds University, UK, Legal Protection of Minorities
Alex Ziegert, University of Sydney, Australia, The Rule of Law as the Key for Effective Governance: The Dilemma of Postcommunist and Postcolonial Societies
