Lecture in Memory and Honour of the Honourable Justice Richard Cooper: 'Australian Admiralty and Maritime Law - Sources and Future Directions'

Lecture delivered in memory of Richard Cooper, who was intimately involved in the law reform of the 1970s and 1980s which produced the Australian Law Reform Commission Report on Civil Admiralty Jurisdiction which led to the enactment of the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) is presented. It is suggested that the future direction of Australian Admiralty and maritime law requires practitioners, scholars, judges, arbitrators, governments, ship-owning interests, cargo interests, unions, insurers, brokers, seafarers, pilots and all who work in the maritime industry to recognise Australia's vital interest in maritime matters.