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Cheryl Saunders
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Australian and comparative public law in form, theory and practice

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Cheryl Anne Saunders is an Australian legal academic. She is a Laureate Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19h
Well done to @amyremeikis.bsky.social being the only live blog still going when the laws were passed.

It is worth a read for those wondering what happened in the Senate last night

live.thepoint.com.au#b1d36e9e3b

cherylas1.bsky.social
Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 21h
A new(?) type of threat to judicial independence, becoming increasingly common and blatant.
cerianbond.bsky.social Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 23h
This attempt by the Trump administration to interfere in the trial of Marine Le Pen last year is shocking.
antoniobruno.bsky.social Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 1d
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 23h
This attempt by the Trump administration to interfere in the trial of Marine Le Pen last year is shocking.
antoniobruno.bsky.social Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 1d
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com

cherylas1.bsky.social
Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 8d
Looks like a worthy tribute! Is there a list of authors?
emmettmacfarlane.com Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 8d
The book is dedicated to the memory of the late Peter H. Russell, the godfather of Canada's law and politics subfield, and features a Foreword by Supreme Court Justice the Honourable Malcolm Rowe.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 8d
The book is dedicated to the memory of the late Peter H. Russell, the godfather of Canada's law and politics subfield, and features a Foreword by Supreme Court Justice the Honourable Malcolm Rowe.

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Giuseppe Martinico @martinicogi.bsky.social · 9d
I’m co-organising Workshop #63, Constructing and Reimagining Constitutional Narratives through Pop Culture, at the iacl World Congress 2026 (Bogotá), with Jonathan Hafetz and Mara Malagodi. CFP deadline: 23 Jan @cccwarwick.bsky.social @maramalagodi.bsky.social wccl2026.com/en/call-for-...
Call for Abstracts - WCCL 2026
World Congress of Constitutional Law. 2026. Colombia.
wccl2026.com

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 13d
Yes. Although what was the US impact in/on the Venice Commission in any event?
profpech.bsky.social Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 13d
Out-of-control Trump regime has withdrawn inter alia from the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, confirming their contempt for democracy, human rights and the rule of law, not that any confirmation was needed

www.coe.int/en/web/venic...

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 13d
Out-of-control Trump regime has withdrawn inter alia from the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, confirming their contempt for democracy, human rights and the rule of law, not that any confirmation was needed

www.coe.int/en/web/venic...

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 13d
Brown v Tasmania is a decision about protest in the context of the environment. If she joined with Justices Kiefel and Keane in her reasons, they would have been very much mainstream.

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 13d
Also with experience conducting challenging and sensitive inquiries. Her inquiry into the Morrison Multiple Ministries affair was impressively impartial, temperate, and useful.
vanbadham.bsky.social Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 13d
Wherever you student on a royal commission, Virginia Bell is an extraordinary jurist with a reputation above question. #auspol

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13d
If you're going to do it, this is a good appointment
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Breaking: Former High Court justice to lead Bondi royal commission
A national royal commission into the Bondi terror attack is expected to be called by Anthony Albanese after weeks of pressure to establish the inquiry.
www.abc.net.au

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 13d
Included on this long list- International IDEA and the Venice Commission. US only a bit player in both, at best, but indicative of one aspect of the mindset.

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 13d
Here‘s the full list of organisations Trump is withdrawing from. Just to highlight one: Trump is withdrawing from the ILC, showing the US disengagement from international law www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov

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Daniel Hurst @danielhurst.bsky.social · 13d
Intriguing reporting from Nine here - the objection to former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead the royal commission apparently relates to a previous decision where she upheld the democratic right to protest www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Virginia Bell’s role in protest laws under scrutiny as Albanese weighs royal commission
Judgments handed down by former high court judge Virginia Bell and another contender, former Federal Court of Australia chief justice James Allsop, are under scrutiny as the government decides on a ro...
www.smh.com.au

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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 13d
Wherever you student on a royal commission, Virginia Bell is an extraordinary jurist with a reputation above question. #auspol

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 19d
There are a lot of people who don’t think a Royal Commission is a good idea, btw. They are just not writing (or signing!) letters about it.
grogsgamut.bsky.social Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19d
So the Australian Banking Association and the Insurance Council of Australia want a Royal Commission do they?

Interesting.
Open letter from Australian business groups Groups including the Australian Banking Association, Master Builders Australia and the Insurance Council of Australia have backed calls for a royal commission. This article is more than 4 years old 'Worse than ever': Australian bank culture has not improved since royal commission, staff say This article is more than 4 years old Workers insist pay is still linked to hitting sales benchmarks and leaderboards to track sales are rife Concerns over royal commission outcomes By Paul McNamara - Source: Asia Insurance Review | Apr 2020 As the representative body of the general insurance industry in Australia, the Insurance Council of Australia has found itself busy with the additional burden that the royal commission has put on its members. We spoke to the council’s Campbell Fuller to understand the breadth of the impending changes. By Paul McNamara in Melbourne

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19d
So the Australian Banking Association and the Insurance Council of Australia want a Royal Commission do they?

Interesting.
Open letter from Australian business groups Groups including the Australian Banking Association, Master Builders Australia and the Insurance Council of Australia have backed calls for a royal commission. This article is more than 4 years old 'Worse than ever': Australian bank culture has not improved since royal commission, staff say This article is more than 4 years old Workers insist pay is still linked to hitting sales benchmarks and leaderboards to track sales are rife Concerns over royal commission outcomes By Paul McNamara - Source: Asia Insurance Review | Apr 2020 As the representative body of the general insurance industry in Australia, the Insurance Council of Australia has found itself busy with the additional burden that the royal commission has put on its members. We spoke to the council’s Campbell Fuller to understand the breadth of the impending changes. By Paul McNamara in Melbourne

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 19d
A very thought- provoking book. Highly recommended for those interested in the practical and doctrinal ambiguities associated with acquisition of statehood.
glexareen.bsky.social Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 19d
Really great to see another review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community, this time in Constitutional Studies. Thanks very much to @cherylas1.bsky.social for such close engagement with my arguments there!
constitutionalstudies-ojs-utexas.tdl.org/cs/issue/vie...
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025): Constitutionalism in the Age of Extremes | Constitutional Studies
constitutionalstudies-ojs-utexas.tdl.org

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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 19d
Really great to see another review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community, this time in Constitutional Studies. Thanks very much to @cherylas1.bsky.social for such close engagement with my arguments there!
constitutionalstudies-ojs-utexas.tdl.org/cs/issue/vie...
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025): Constitutionalism in the Age of Extremes | Constitutional Studies
constitutionalstudies-ojs-utexas.tdl.org

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 22d
Secretary- General of the United Nations!

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · 23d
Shocking. And what courage she must have had to have, over so much of this year.

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 23d
How bad an idea this is cannot be overstated
Minns government ‘actively’ considering if Jewish security group should be armed after Bondi attack
NSW premier also announces police will carry long-arm rifles at major New Year’s Eve event in Sydney
www.theguardian.com

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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 23d
What terrible news

www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
‘Unfathomable loss’: University of Melbourne’s vice chancellor dies at 52
Professor Emma Johnston, the University of Melbourne’s first female vice chancellor, has died less than 12 months after taking the role.
www.smh.com.au

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 23d
Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity
theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...
Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity
The University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, who has died aged 52, was driven by a deep love of science and a desire to safeguard the planet’s future.
theconversation.com

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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · Dec 12
Many thanks to Vöelkerrechtsblog for sharing our ✍️call for papers✍️ on the legacy of William Twining!

voelkerrechtsblog.org/calls-for-pa...
The Journal of Comparative Law
voelkerrechtsblog.org

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · Dec 9
It is almost impossible to understand how an Opposition could bring themselves to do this. Short term grandstanding harming the longer term public interest.
kateauty.bsky.social Kate Auty @kateauty.bsky.social · Dec 9
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

#TravisLovett, the deputy chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, said the Victorian opposition had disrespected the historic moment

"This was [the #FirstPeoples' moment today … to come together to hear the premier acknowledge those ongoing harms.” #Respect
Victorian government makes historic apology to Aboriginal people
The Victorian government makes a historic apology to Aboriginal Victorians, in one of the first public acts to follow the signing of the state's treaty agreement.
www.abc.net.au

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Kate Auty @kateauty.bsky.social · Dec 9
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

#TravisLovett, the deputy chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, said the Victorian opposition had disrespected the historic moment

"This was [the #FirstPeoples' moment today … to come together to hear the premier acknowledge those ongoing harms.” #Respect
Victorian government makes historic apology to Aboriginal people
The Victorian government makes a historic apology to Aboriginal Victorians, in one of the first public acts to follow the signing of the state's treaty agreement.
www.abc.net.au

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Colm O'Cinneide @colmocinneide.bsky.social · Dec 4
On Monday.

www.irishlegal.com/articles/pro...
Professor Colm Ó Cinnéide to deliver annual FLAC lecture
Renowned human rights lawyer and academic Professor Colm Ó Cinnéide will deliver FLAC's annual justice lecture next week. This year's event celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth ...
www.irishlegal.com

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · Dec 3
Disasters like the BoM website update exemplify exactly why we need to build capacity in the public service and reduce our over reliance on consultants. A robust public service will always provide better value for money and better quality for the taxpayer dollar.