George Williams surveys the High Court career of Justice Michael McHugh.

In June 2004 the Liberal Party's Bill Stefaniak introduced the Charter of Responsibilities Bill into the ACT Legislative Assembly. With its Bill of Rights, the ACT set an Australian first, and with the Bill of Responsibilities it sets another: this is the first such bill debated in an Australian parliament, if not in any parliament...

Federalism needs to be reinvented to end buck passing and duplication, argues George Williams.

Papers and audio from the 2005 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner, held on 18 February, are now available online. Speakers include Anne Twomey, John Uhr, Senator George Brandis, Andrew Lynch, Arthur Glass and George Williams.

Andrew Lynch and George Williams present basic information about the High Court's decision-making for 2004 at both an institutional and individual level, with an emphasis on constitutional cases as a subset of the total.