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Publications by The Honourable Justice Roslyn G Atkinson

Major Works

Justice R G Atkinson and Justice P D McMurdo (eds), Equal Treatment Bench Book (2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Law Reform and Community Participation' in B Opeskin and D Weisbrot (eds), The Promise of Law Reform (2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, Iraqi Judges and prosecutors and international human rights law - an Australian Judge's perspective. Report on the Iraqi Judges and prosecutors and international human rights law conference, Dubai, March 2005 (2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Commentary on "Sir Gerard Brennan - the Principled Justice"' in M White and A Rahemtula (eds), Queensland Judges on the High Court (2003)

Justice R G Atkinson, Report on the implementation of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 2000. Report on the South African Capacity Building Program (2000)

Speeches

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Launch of Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy' [Speech delivered at Bond University, 12 November 2010)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Judgment writing' [Speech delivered for QCAT members, Brisbane, 6 February 2010)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Case-flow management and the future of e-trials in personal injuries litigation' [Speech delivered at the Queensland Law Society's Annual Personal Injuries Conference, Brisbane, 31 July 2009)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the Law and Equity Breakfast ALSA Conference, 17 July 2009)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Juries in the 21st Century' [Speech delivered at the Thirty Club - United Services Club, Brisbane, 19 June 2009)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Opening of the Queensland Indigenous Justice Conference' (Brisbane, 21 May 2009)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Juries in the 21st Century: making the bulwark better' (Public lecture, Faculty of Law, QUT, 27 March 2009)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'ICJ Report on Counter–Terrorism and Human Rights' (Speech delivered at United Nations Youth Association Schools Summit, 13 March 2009)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'A Charter of Rights and Responsibilities: Who decides?' (Speech delivered at a forum on Human Rights in Queensland, Queensland Parliament House, 10 February 2009)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The Chief Justice and Mr Justice Murphy: Leadership in a Time of Crisis' (Speech delivered at The Sir Harry Gibbs Law Dinner, University of Queensland, 16 May 2008)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Mothers and Daughters: Stability and Change' (Speech delivered at Lyceum Club, 7 May 2008)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the Bell Shire Hall as Australia Day Ambassador for the Wambo Shire Council 26 January 2008)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Selection of Juries: the search for the elusive peer group' (Speech delivered at the Jury Research and Practice Conference, Sydney, 11 December 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the Annual General Meeting of Vision Australia, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 23 November 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the 2007 Brisbane Girls Grammar Speech Day, Brisbane, 16 November 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the Launch of Queensland Law Reform Commission Report Public Justice, Private Lives: A New Approach to Confidentiality in the Guardianship System, Brisbane, 1 November 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Equality Duties and the Commission for Equality and Human Rights: An International Perspective' (Speech delivered at the Society of Legal Scholars Conference, Durham, UK, 11 September 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Mabo Oration Commentary' (Speech delivered at the Playhouse, Qld Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, 15 June 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the Launch of Disabled Justice People with Disability in the Criminal Justice System Report, Banco Court, Brisbane, 22 May 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The future of the federation' (Speech delivered at the Australian Association of Constitutional Law Seminar, Brisbane, 30 April 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the International Commission of Jurists seminar David Hicks, Military Commissions and the Rule of Law, Bar Common Room, Brisbane, 17 April 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Closing remarks at the Consumer Credit Seminar' (Speech delivered at the Lawyers' Reform Association Consumer Credit Seminar, Brisbane, 13 February 2007)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Outline of proceedings' (Speech delivered at the Law Reform Commission's Guardianship Review, Brisbane, 9 August 2006)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Drug Diversion - A Supreme Court Perspective' (Speech delivered at the Drug Court Diversion Initiatives Conference 2006, Brisbane, 25-26 May 2006)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The Supreme Court Equal Treatment Benchbook' (Speech delivered at the Queensland Chapter of COAT meeting, Brisbane, 9 May 2006)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The Equal Treatment Benchbook' (Speech delivered at the Launch of the Equal Treatment Benchbook, Brisbane, 15 March 2006)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'AAT Conference Address 2005' (Speech delivered at the Administrative Appeals National Conference, Twin Waters, 24 October 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Diversity in Judicial Appointments' (Speech delivered at the International Bar Association Conference, Prague, 28 September 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Law Reform: Challanges and Opportunities Today' (Speech delivered at the Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies Conference, London, 11 September 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Introduction to Helen Garner' (Speech delivered at the Supreme Court Judges' Seminar, Brisbane, 18 August 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Community input into selection and direction of inquiries' (Speech delivered at the Australian Law Reform Commission Seminar, Sydney, 9 June 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Women's rights in the administration of justice' (Lecture delivered at the Iraqi Judges and Prosecutors and international Human Rights Law Conference, Dubai, Thursday 17 March 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The right to a fair trial' (Lecture delivered at the Iraqi Judges and Prosecutors and International Human Rights Law Conference, Dubai, Tuesday 15 March 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Human Rights and Arrest, Pre-trial and Administrative Detention' (Lecture delivered at the Iraqi Judges and Prosecutors and International Human Rights Law Conference, Dubai, Monday 14 March 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'International Treaties' (Lecture delivered at the Iraqi Judges and Prosecutors and International Human Rights Law Conference, Dubai, Friday 11 March 2005)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The Ageing Advantage: creating strategies that sustain business and professional women' (Speech delivered at the launch of the Ageing Advantage', Queensland Parliament, 22 December 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'eCourt Overview' (Speech delivered at the Legal Technology Conference, Melbourne, 11 November 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Denial and Loss: the removal of Indigenous Australians from their families and culture' (Speech delivered at the International Bar Association Conference, Auckland, 28 October 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Launch of law, memory and literature' (Speech delivered at the 12th Conference of the Law and Literature Association of Australia: 'Traumas of Law', Brisbane, 11 July 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Decision Making' (Speech delivered at the Phoenix Programme for the National Judicial College, Gold Coast, 11 May 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Access to Justice: Rhetoric or reality' (Speech delivered at the Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference, Wellington, 13-16 April 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Scots and the law in Queensland' (Speech delivered at the Griffith University Centre for Public Culture and Ideas Conference: Tartan in the tropics: The Scots in Queensland, Brisbane, 28 March 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Speech for law, business and economics graduation' (Speech delivered at the University of New England graduation, Armidale, 20 March 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Current challenges and 2003 cases' (Speech delivered at the 2004 Constitutional Law Conference, Sydney, 20 February 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Old concepts and new worlds' (Speech delivered at the 6th World Congress of Constitutional Law, Santiago, Chile, 13 January 2004)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Judgment writing under pressure' (Speech delivered at the Local Courts Annual Conference, Sydney, July 2003)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Is professional courtesy an anachronism in the context of changing societal norms' (Speech delivered at the Australasian Professional Legal Education Conference APLEC, Brisbane, 15 November 2003)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Speech given at the Australian Law Students' Association (ALSA) Double Jeopardy Forum' (Speech delivered at the Australian Law Students' Association (ALSA) Double Jeopardy Forum, Brisbane, 9 July 2003)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Commentary by the Honourable Justice R G Atkinson on Professor G Carney's paper on Sir Gerald Brennan' (Speech delivered at the Supreme Court Library Seminar: Queensland's contribution to the High Court, Brisbane, 29 March 2003)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Opportunities for women arising out of changes to our legal system' (Speech delivered at the Southbank Institute of TAFE International Women's Day Luncheon, Brisbane, 7 March 2003)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Tort law reform in Australia' (Speech delivered at the Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association of Queensland State Conference, Sanctuary Cove, 7 February 2003)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Education and the law: protecting the educational well-being of students' (Speech delivered at the Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association, Brisbane, 2 October 2002)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Judgment writing' (Speech delivered at the AIJA Conference, Brisbane, 13 September 2002)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Speech for Legal Studies Conference' (Speech delivered at the Bundamba State High School Legal Studies Conference, Brisbane, 19 April 2002)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Judgment writing' (Speech delivered at the Magistrates Conference, Gold Coast, 21 March 2002)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Speech given at the Law Faculty graduation ceremony' (Speech delivered at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 5 February 2002)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The tenth annivarsary of the implementation of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld)' (Speech delivered at the 2001 Human Rights Day Celebrations, Brisbane, 10 December 2001)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Women and justice - is there justice for women?' (Speech delivered at the Inaugural National Women's Conference, Canberra, 27 August 2001)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the Women Lawyers' Association Una Prentice Dinner, Brisbane, 14 May 2001)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Practical session on appearing in the applications jurisdiction' (Speech delivered at the 2001 Legal Symposium, Gold Coast, 2 March 2001)

Justice R G Atkinson, [Address] (Speech delivered at the East Timor Information Session, Brisbane, 23 February 2001)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Legal Education in the 21st Century' (Speech delivered at the launch of the Griffith University full law degree program, Gold Coast, 22 July 2000)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The Constitutional conversation between the courts and parliament' (Speech delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Queensland Chapter of the Australian Study of Parliament Group, Legislative Council, Queensland, 29 May 2000)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Occasional Speech' (Speech delivered at the Faculty of Arts Graduation Ceremony, University of New England, Armidale, 7 April 2000)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Introduction to the Queensland Law Handbook 6th Edition' (Speech delivered at the launch of the Queensland Law Handbook 6th Edition, Brisbane, 7 April 2000)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Are anti-discrimination statutes a model for a bill of rights?' (Speech delivered at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, 16 September 1999)

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Swearing In Speech' (Speech delivered at the Swearing In of the Honourable Justice R G Atkinson, 9 September 1998)

Articles

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Denial and Loss: Removal of Indigenous Australian Children from their Families and Culture' (2005) 5(1) Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal 71

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Legal Education in the Twenty-First Century' (2000) 9 Griffith Law Review 1

Justice R G Atkinson, 'The Constitutional Conversation between the Courts and the Parliament' (2000) 1 University of Queensland Law Journal 1

Justice R G Atkinson, 'Are Anti-Discrimination Statutes a Model for a Bill of Rights?' (1999) 19 Australian Bar Review 18