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Passage of change : law, society, and governance in the Pacific / edited by Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton Cain.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Canberra : Pandanus Books, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: xx, 357 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1740760255
  • 9781740760256
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.5295 21
LOC classification:
  • KVC117 .P37 2003
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available online.
Contents:
Introduction / Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton-Cain -- SECTION 1. THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE: -- 1. Modernisation and Development in the South Pacific / Vijay Naidu -- SECTION 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 -- SECTION 3. CUSTOMARY LAW: -- 5. Custom Then and Now: The Changing Melanesian Family / Jean G. Zorn -- 6. Issues in Contemporary Customary Law: Women and the Law / Jean G. 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 -- 8. The Incorporation of Customary Law & Principle into Sentencing Decisions in the South Pacific Region / Tess Newton Cain -- SECTION 4. HUMAN RIGHTS: -- 9. The Notion of Human Rights / Anita Jowitt -- 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 -- SECTION 5. NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES: -- 12. Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance / Laurence Cordonnery -- 13. 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: -- 14. Building Bridges - Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea / Sinclair Dinnen -- 15. Constitutions as Limits on the State in Melanesia: Comparative Perspectives on Constitutionalism, Participation and Civil Society / Anthony Regan -- 16. Legal Pluralism and the Problem of Identity / Robert Hughes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-352) and index.

Introduction / Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton-Cain -- SECTION 1. THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE: -- 1. Modernisation and Development in the South Pacific / Vijay Naidu -- SECTION 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 -- SECTION 3. CUSTOMARY LAW: -- 5. Custom Then and Now: The Changing Melanesian Family / Jean G. Zorn -- 6. Issues in Contemporary Customary Law: Women and the Law / Jean G. 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 -- 8. The Incorporation of Customary Law & Principle into Sentencing Decisions in the South Pacific Region / Tess Newton Cain -- SECTION 4. HUMAN RIGHTS: -- 9. The Notion of Human Rights / Anita Jowitt -- 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 -- SECTION 5. NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES: -- 12. Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance / Laurence Cordonnery -- 13. 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: -- 14. Building Bridges - Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea / Sinclair Dinnen -- 15. Constitutions as Limits on the State in Melanesia: Comparative Perspectives on Constitutionalism, Participation and Civil Society / Anthony Regan -- 16. Legal Pluralism and the Problem of Identity / Robert Hughes.

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