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Editor's note

At the time of writing, rumours also abound as to the imminent retirements
of a number of other long-serving and distinguished judges of the Supreme Court,
with corresponding rumours as to potential replacements. Phillip Street rumours are, of course, notoriously reliable! If there is to be a rash of appointments to
the Bench, those appointments will not be affected by but may promote the swirling debate as to the desirability or otherwise of a judicial appointments commission, a topic raised by Justice McColl in her paper reproduced in the last issue of Bar News. In his opinion piece in this issue, Arthur Moses brings this debate forward by reference to the detailed paper by Dr Evans and Professor Williams entitled Appointing Australian Judges: A New Model.. [More...]

President's column

Administrative independence for NSW courts

In September this year Bar Council resolved to raise for public discussion
the question whether the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the other
courts of this state should have greater financial and management independence
from the executive1 . Full administrative independence for our courts from the
executive is not an essential precondition for judicial independence but it is
increasingly recognised as both aiding judicial independence and as supporting
public confi dence in the judiciary. [More...]

Opinion

>> Maintaining the rule of law: the role of the attorney general

The laws of war have developed over centuries in an effort to place constraints on warring parties and to regulate the treatment of victims and prisoners of war. Traditionally the concept of war was largely restricted to a dispute between nation states and the application of the laws of war was clearly defi ned. Nation states declared war on each other, soldiers wore uniforms and fighting was conducted by soldiers bearing arms openly. International humanitarian law evolved into a set of rules that are said to regulate this institutionalised form of violence that we call war.. [More...]

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