AUTHOR:

George Williams AO is a Deputy Vice-chancellor, the Anthony Mason Professor and a Scientia Professor at UNSW. He has served as Dean of UNSW Law and has appeared as a barrister in the High Court in many cases over the last two decades. He has written and edited books including Human Rights under the Australian Constitution and A Charter of Rights for Australia; and he served as chair of the Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee in 2005.