Passage of change : law, society and governance in the Pacific /
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Acton, A.C.T. :
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2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton-Cain
- SECTION 1: THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE. Modernisation and Development in the South Pacific / Vijay Naidu
- SECTION 2: CORRUPTION. Corruption / Robert Hughes
- Governance, Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in the South Pacific / Graham Hassall
- The Vanuatu Ombudsman / Edward R. Hill
- SECTION 3: CUSTOMARY LAW. Custom Then and Now: The Changing Melanesian Family / Jean G. Zorn
- Issues in Contemporary Customary Law: Women and the Law / Jean G. Zorn
- Rites, Whites and Might: A Critique of the Effect of the Revival of Customary Law upon the Autonomy of Indigenous Women / Susan Bothmann
- The Incorporation of Customary Law & Principle into Sentencing Decisions in the South Pacific Region / Tess Newton Cain
- SECTION 4: HUMAN RIGHTS. The Notion of Human Rights / Anita Jowitt
- Human Rights vs. Custom in the Pacific: Struggle, Adaptation, or Game? / Ian Fraser
- Customary Family Law and Gender Discrimination in Papua New Guinea / Owen Jessep
- SECTION 5: NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES. Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance / Laurence Cordonnery
- Legal Developments in the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory and Straddling Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean / Laurence Cordonnery
- SECTION 6: REBUILDING NATION STATES. Building Bridges
- Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea / Sinclair Dinnen
- Constitutions as Limits on the State in Melanesia: Comparative Perspectives on Constitutionalism, Participation and Civil Society / Anthony Regan
- Legal Pluralism and the Problem of Identity / Robert Hughes.