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Justice French

July 2008	The future of federalism The incredible shrinking federation – voyage to a singular state? University of Queensland and Law Council of Australia European Focus Group Brisbane
9 July 2008	Lifting the burden of native title – some modest proposals for improvement Native Title user group Adelaide
8 May 2008	Dreams of a new republic Law Society of Western Australia Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture
11 Apr 2008	Executive toys – judges and non-judicial functions District Court Judges’ Conference, Joondalup
Mar 2008	Expert testimony, opinion argument and the rules of evidence Federal Court/Law Council Case Management Workshop 14 - 15 March 2008
8 Feb 2008	Judicial activists – mythical monsters? 2008 Constitutional Law Conference
30 Nov 2007	Declarations - Homer Simpson's remedy - is there anything they cannot do? University of Western Australia - Faculty of Law, ' Perspectives on Declaratory Relief'
25 Oct 2007	Compensation for marine pollution Admiralty Judges' Seminar, Federal Court of Australia
Oct 2007	Speaking in tongues – courts and cultures 25th Australian Institute of Judicial Administration Annual Conference Cultures and the Law, 12-14 October 2007
Oct 2007	Dialogue across difference - freedom of speech and the media in India and Australia: Some constitutional comparisons Indo-Australian Legal Forum Meet, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, 8 - 12 October 2007
24 Sep 2007	Dolores Umbridge and the concept of policy as legal magic Australian Law Teachers’ Association – National Conference Perth
17 Jul 2007	Judges and academia – building bridges Australian Academy of Law Symposium, 'Fragmentation or Consolidation? Fostering a Coherent Professional Identity for Lawyers, Brisbane
Jun 2007	Judicial professional development - cultural awareness or knowing something about everything District and County Court Judges Conference, Fremantle
8 Jun 2007	Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose? The 2007 amendments to the Native Title Act Address to the Native Title Repesentatives Bodies Conference, Cairns (revised version)
5 May 2007	Horizontal arrangements – competition law and cooperative federalism Competition Law Conference, Sydney
26 Oct 2006	Authorisation and public benefit - playing with categories of meaningless reference? 4th Annual University of South Australia, Trade Practices Workshop [rtf]
26 Sep 2006	Making your own fun in intellectual property law Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (WA Chapter) Annual Dinner [rtf]
10 Jan 2006	Radio and television broadcasting in the Magistrates' Courts – is there a future? Association of Australian Magistrates’ Conference, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle [rtf]
Sep 2005	Australian nationhood and the interaction between international and domestic law College of Law, Seoul National University Korea Legislation Research Institute, Seoul, Korea [rtf]
16 Sep 2005	The Federal Court and the native title process Presentation to Native Title Ministers' Meeting, Canberra [rtf]
Sep 2005	Judicial exchange – debalkanising the Courts Judicial Conference of Australia, National Colloquium, Sunshine Coast [rtf]
26 Feb 2005	The role of the Court in competition law Workshop on Competition Law for Judges and Lawyers in Papua New Guinea [rtf]
10 Jan 2005	Television and radio broadcasting in the Federal Court of Australia - a personal perspective Presentation by Video Link to Broadcasting Courts Seminar, London [rtf]
Dec 2004	Mabo - Native Title in Australia Landmark Cases Roundtable Conference, Constitutional Court of South Africa [rtf]
Nov 2004	Co-operative federalism - a constitutional reality or a political slogan Western Australia 2029 - A Shared Journey, State Conference [rtf]
Jul 2004	The role of the trial court Judge in pre-trial management Manila [rtf]
15 May 2004	Competition law - covering a multitude of sins Competition Law Conference, Sydney [rtf]
Sep 2003	Mental states in civil litigation The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, New Challenges - Fresh Solutions [rtf]
Sep 2003	The culture of compliance - a judicial perspective Australian Compliance Institute National Conference, Culture is Critical, Sydney [rtf]
22 May 2003	The equitable geist in the machinery of administrative justice The New South Wales Chapter of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Recent Developments in Administrative Law: Some Federal and State Reflections [rtf]
Feb 2003	The referral of state powers - cooperative federalism lives? [rtf]
Jan 2003	Ethics at the beginning and ending of life [rtf] Revised paper. First presented at the Supreme and Federal Court Judges’ Conference, Adelaide
3 Sep 2002	Western Australia v Ward: devils and angels in the detail [rtf]
Jul 2002	The common law of native title in Australia By Justice Robert French and Patricia Lane [rtf]
Oct 2001	Legal retail therapy - is forum shopping a necessary evil? Australian Legal Convention, Canberra [rtf]
21 Sep 2001	The Constitution and the people [rtf]