TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jowitt,Anita
AU  - Cain,Tess Newton
TI  - Passage of change: law, society, and governance in the Pacific 
SN  - 1740760255
AV  - KVC117 .P37 2003
U1  - 340.5295 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Canberra
PB  - Pandanus Books
KW  - Law
KW  - Oceania
KW  - Customary law
KW  - Social change
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - 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; Also available online
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