THE CAMBRIDGE LECTURES 2007 Queens’ College, University of Cambridge July 8 to 18, 2007
SUNDAY, JULY 8
12:00 p.m. Check-in at Queens’ College, Cambridge
12:00–2:30 p.m. Buffet Luncheon - Bar/Conservatory
7:00 p.m. Dinner - Dining Hall
MONDAY, JULY 9
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall
9:00 a.m. OPENING CEREMONIES - Fitzpatrick Hall
The Honourable Justice Robert P. Armstrong, President, Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies His Excellency James R. Wright, High Commissioner for Canada to Great Britain and Northern Ireland The Right Honourable The Lord Eatwell of Stratton St. Margaret, President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge Professor David Feldman, Chairman of the Faculty Board of Law, University of Cambridge The Honourable Douglas H. Carruthers, Q.C., Honorary President, Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies Professor Sir David Williams, Q.C., DL, Patron, Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
Opening Address The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada
10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “Nixon in China” Moderator: Roy Heenan, O.C. Q.C., Heenan Blaikie, Montreal Lecturer: Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden of St. Antony’s College, Oxford
12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. “The Proposed United Kingdom Supreme Court and Other Court Reforms” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Anne Mactavish, Federal Court of Canada Lecturer: The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Clarke, Royal Courts of Justice, London, Master of the Rolls
4:15 p.m. Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers – Walnut Tree Court (weather permitting)
5:30 p.m. Reception – President’s Garden Host – His Excellency James R. Wright, High Commissioner for Canada to Great Britain and Northern Ireland
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall Speaker: The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
TUESDAY, JULY 10
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall (English Breakfast optional)
9:00 a.m. “Constitutionality of the Authorization to Shoot Down Hijacked Aircraft under the German Constitution” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Barbara Hamilton, Manitoba Court of Appeal Lecturer: Professor Dieter Grimm, Professor of Law at Humboldt University, Berlin and former Justice of the Constitutional Court of Germany
10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “Current Issues in International Law” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Gordon Campbell, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island Lecturer: Professor James Crawford, Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, England
12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. “Current Issues in Global Financial Law” Moderator: The Honourable Frank Quennell, Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Saskatchewan Lecturer: William Blair, Q.C., Leading Commercial Silk, London, England
4:15 p.m. Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers - Walnut Tree Court (rain date)
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
9:00 a.m. “Limits to Rights” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Sheilah Martin, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Lecturer: The Right Honourable Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand
10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “Class Actions and the Indian Residential Schools Settlement” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Joseph R. Nuss, Court of Appeal, Quebec Lecturer: The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. NO LECTURES SCHEDULED
NEWMARKET RACES
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
THURSDAY, JULY 12
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall (English Breakfast optional)
9:00 a.m. “Emerging Public Policy Issues on Doing Business in a Global Environment” Moderator: Charles Scott, Lax O’Sullivan Scott, Toronto Lecturer: Maureen Kempston Darkes, President, GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East
10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “Law and Religion: Protecting the Human Rights of Believers and Nonbelievers” Moderator: Guy Pratte, Borden Ladner Gervais, Ottawa Lecturer: David Pannick, Q.C., Leading Silk in public and constitutional law, London, England
12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. “Constitutionalism in the Moslem World” Moderator: The Honourable Ron Stevens, Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Alberta Lecturer: Dr. Adel Omar Sherif, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
4:00 p.m. Rap Session “An Opportunity to Ask Questions of the Lord Chief Justice” Moderator: The Honourable Brian R. D. Smith, Q.C., Victoria, British Columbia Speaker: The Right Honourable The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Location – OLD DINING HALL
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
FRIDAY, JULY 13
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
9:00 a.m. “Afghan ‘Detainees’: Metaphor for an Age” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Sandra Simpson, Federal Court of Canada Lecturer: Professor Janice Stein, Director, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “The Rule of Law” Moderator: Earl A. Cherniak, Q.C., Lerners LLP, Toronto, Ontario Lecturer: The Right Honourable Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Senior Law Lord, House of Lords
12:30 p.m. Luncheon –Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. “Proportionality and Values in Constitutional Law” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Mary Ellen Boyd, Supreme Court of British Columbia Lecturer: The Honourable Aharon Barak, Former President of the Israeli Supreme Court
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
SATURDAY, JULY 14
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
NO SCHEDULED LECTURES
SUNDAY, JULY 15
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
NO SCHEDULED LECTURES
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
MONDAY, JULY 16
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
9:00 a.m. “Speaking the Unspeakable” Moderator: John Sims, Deputy Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Canada Lecturer: The Honourable Guido Calabresi, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “Commissions of Inquiry – Are They Worth the Money? The Dr. Shipman Inquiry – A Case Study” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Margaret Larlee, Court of Appeal, New Brunswick Lecturer: Lady Justice Smith, Court of Appeal for England and Wales; Commissioner for the Dr. Shipman Inquiry
12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. “Personal Change on the United States Supreme Court: Do Justices Change the Court or Does the Court Change Justices?” Moderator: Wendy Matheson, Torys LLP, Toronto Lecturer: Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
4:00 p.m. Rap Session “An Opportunity to Ask Questions of a Member of the Supreme Court of Canada” Moderator: The Honourable Allan Wachowich, Chief Justice, Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta Speaker: The Honourable Justice Louise Charron, Supreme Court of Canada
Location – OLD DINING HALL
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
After-Dinner Entertainment: Limerick Tenors – Fitzpatrick Hall
TUESDAY, JULY 17
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
9:00 a.m. “Drugs in Sport: Athletes or Chemical Stockpiles?” Moderator: The Honourable Associate Chief Justice Dennis O’Connor, Court of Appeal for Ontario Lecturer: Richard Pound, Q.C., Chair, World Anti-Doping Agency
10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “Constitutional Interpretation” Moderator: William Ryan, Q.C., Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales, Halifax, Nova Scotia Lecturer: The Honourable Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States
12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. “The Persons Case” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Louise Charron, Supreme Court of Canada Lecturer: The Honourable Justice Robert J. Sharpe, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Closing Remarks The Honourable Justice Robert P. Armstrong, President, Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
7:00 p.m. Closing Dinner – Dining Hall
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18
6:30 a.m. Coffee and Croissants for early morning departures – Dining Hall
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
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