THE RULE OF LAW PERSPECTIVES FROM AROUND THE GLOBEPDF电子书下载

1 Introduction: a brief history of the development of the concept of the Rule of Law — Francis Neate 1

2 IBA Council’s Resolution of September 2005 and accompanying commentary — Francis Neate 8

CHICAGO - Addresses to the joint IBA/ABA Symposium held in September 2006 21

3 Rule of Law Opening Remarks — Karen Mathis 21

4 Opening Speech — Francis Neate 24

5 The Rule of Law: Striking a Balance in an Era of Terrorism — Mary Robinson 27

6 Terrorism and the Rule of Law — Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC 34

MOSCOW — Addresses to the Symposium held in June 2007 43

7 Rule of Law and Legal Awareness — Valery Zorkin 43

8 The meaning and importance of the Rule of Law — Francis Neate 55

9 The Independence of the Judiciary — Judge William Birtles 62

10 Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession — Geoffrey Vos QC 76

11 The Role of an Independent Legal Profession in Establishing and Upholding the Rule of Law — a Swedish Perspective — Anne Ramberg 80

RUSSIA - Address to OSCE meeting in 2007 91

12 The World Rule of Law Movement and the Moscow City Chamber of Advocates — Genry Reznik 91

THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Addresses to the Symposium organised by the Law Council of Australia in August 2007 107

13 Role of the Legal Profession in the Rule of Law — Hon Sir Francis Gerard Brennan AC KBE 107

14 Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence — Hon Wayne Martin 118

15 Independence of the Prosecution — Nicholas Cowdery AM, QC 133

SINGAPORE - Addresses to the Symposium held in October 2007 143

16 The Meaning and Importance of the Rule of Law — Professor S Jayakumar 143

17 The Rule of Law in a Globalising World — Judge Hisashi Owada 151

AFRICA 165

Paper written in 2008 165

18 The Role of the Legal Profession in Promoting and Protecting the Rule of Law and Independence of the Judiciary — Sternford Moyo 165

Address to the IBA’s Annual Bar Leaders’ Conference held in May 2008 173

19 How The Nigerian Bar Association Promotes and Defends the Rule of Law in Nigeria — Olisa Agbakoba 173

Address to the International Bar Association’s Symposium on the Rule of Law held in Buenos Aires on 17 October 2008 181

20 Tales of Terrorism and Torture — Justice Albie Sachs 181

LATIN AMERICA 209

Edited transcript o f the simultaneous translation into English o f the addresses to the Symposium held in October 2008 209

21 The Rule of Law: views from Latin America — Julio Maria Sanguinetti 209

22 The Rule of Law: views from Latin America — Freddy Guevara-Cortez 215

23 Question and Answer Session 218

Paper forming the basis of an address to the Symposium held in October 2008 223

24 The independence of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law — Dr Leandro Despouy 223

GENERAL 239

25 The Role of Multinational Corporations in Promoting the Rule of Law — The Perspective from International Business — Andy Prozes 239

26 The Rule of Law - The Sixth Sir David Williams Lecture, Cambridge, 16 November 2006 — Rt Hon Lord Thomas Bingham 243

27 Concluding Comments — Francis Neate 260

Index 265