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