THE CAMBRIDGE LECTURES 2007 Queens College, University of Cambridge July 8 to 18, 2007

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1 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 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 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)

2 5:30 p.m. Reception President s Garden Host His Excellency James R. Wright, High Commissioner for Canada to Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 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 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) 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 11:00 a.m. Class Actions and the Indian Residential Schools Settlement

3 Moderator: The Honourable Justice Joseph R. Nuss, Court of Appeal, Quebec Lecturer: The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 2:00 p.m. NO LECTURES SCHEDULED NEWMARKET RACES 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 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 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 FRIDAY, JULY 13

4 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 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 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 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

5 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 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 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 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 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

6 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 **********