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Collection of legal issues and development in the South Pacific / edited by Dr. Wilfred Golman, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Suva, Fiji : Pacific Studies Press, 2022Description: x,172 pages : maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789821012577
  • 9821012574
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.96 23
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. A national law focus : -- 2. A review of cases of lawyers practicing without valid practicing certificates in Fiji -- 3. Right of inheritance of de facto couples under succession law of Fiji -- Part II. A regional focus : -- 4. The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Free Trade Area: A trading agreement consistent with the WTP practice in South Pacific -- 5. The concept of the common law freehold estates in the South Pacific Region -- 6. Climate change in the courtroom-focusing on Papua New Guinea as a case study in the region -- 7. Understanding cybercrime in the region -- 8. Financing legal education in the region -- Part 3. International focus -- 9. A brief glance over the World Trade Organisation -- 10. Conclusion..
Summary: "The purpose of this book is to introduce readers to the current legal issues and the development of certain areas of law in the south pacific region. The book comprises seminar papers being reviewed and developed as chapter to the book... The book focuses on mostly discovering the roots of possibility of litigating climate change in the courtroom and the need to regulate cybercrime, in the region. Although there are other chapters discussing various legal issues, the discussions are relevant to the region... Moreover, this volume includes a collection of papers presented that the then School of Law Lunch Hour Seminar Series from 2016 to 2019, the University of the South Pacific Stratham Campus, Suva, Fiji."--Preface.
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Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. A national law focus : -- 2. A review of cases of lawyers practicing without valid practicing certificates in Fiji -- 3. Right of inheritance of de facto couples under succession law of Fiji -- Part II. A regional focus : -- 4. The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Free Trade Area: A trading agreement consistent with the WTP practice in South Pacific -- 5. The concept of the common law freehold estates in the South Pacific Region -- 6. Climate change in the courtroom-focusing on Papua New Guinea as a case study in the region -- 7. Understanding cybercrime in the region -- 8. Financing legal education in the region -- Part 3. International focus -- 9. A brief glance over the World Trade Organisation -- 10. Conclusion..

"The purpose of this book is to introduce readers to the current legal issues and the development of certain areas of law in the south pacific region. The book comprises seminar papers being reviewed and developed as chapter to the book... The book focuses on mostly discovering the roots of possibility of litigating climate change in the courtroom and the need to regulate cybercrime, in the region. Although there are other chapters discussing various legal issues, the discussions are relevant to the region... Moreover, this volume includes a collection of papers presented that the then School of Law Lunch Hour Seminar Series from 2016 to 2019, the University of the South Pacific Stratham Campus, Suva, Fiji."--Preface.

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