| TITLE: |
Passage of change : law, society and governance in the Pacific / edited by Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton Cain. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Canberra, Australia : Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University, 2003. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xx, 357 p. ; 25 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sect. 1.--The Context of Change: (1) Modernisation and development in the Pacific.--Sect. 2.--Corruption. :--(2) Corruption / Robert Hughes.--(3) Governance, legitimacy and the rule of law in the South Pacific / Graham Hassall.--(4) The Vanuatu Ombudsman / Edward R. Hill.--Sect. 3.--Customary law:--(5) Custom then and now: the changing Melanesian family / Jean G. Zorn.--(6) Issues in contemporary law: women and the law / Jean Z. Zorn.--(7) Rites, whites and might : a critique of the effect of the revival of customary law upon the autonomy of indigenous women / Susan Bothmann.-- |
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(8) The incorporation of customary law & principle into sentencing decisions in the South Pacific Region / Tess Newton Cain.--Sect. 4.--Human Rights: (9) The notion of human rights / Anita Jowitt.-- |
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(10) Human rights vs. custom in the Pacific: struggle, adaptation or game? / Ian Fraser.--(11) Customary family law and gender discrimination in Papua New Guinea / Owen Jessep.--Sect. 5.-- |
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Natural Resource Issues.--y for those forced to leave but also for communities within the region that may be required to give up land fo |
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r relocatees.(12) Environmental law issues in the South Pacific and the quest for sustainable development and good governan |
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ce / Laurence Cordonerry.-- |
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13) Legal developments in the conservation and management of highly migratory and straddling fish stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean / Laurence Cordonnery.--Sect. 6.--Rebuilding N |
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Building bridges -law and justice reform in Papua New Guinea / Sinclair Dinnen.-- |
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(15) Constitutions as limits on the state in Melanesia : comparative perspectives on constitutionalism, participation and civil society / Anthony Regan |
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(16) Legal pluralism and the problems of identity / Robert Hughes. |
| SUBJECT: |
Jurisprudence --Pacific Area--Customary law. |
| SUBJECT: |
Pacific Area. |
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Law--Pacific --Politics and government. |
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Pacific Area--Social conditions. |
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Papua-New Guinea. |
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Melanesia. |
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Vanuatu. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
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