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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jowitt, Anita, editor.

Cain, Tess Newton, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Oceania.

Law.

Customary law--Oceania.

Customary law.

Law--Social aspects--Oceania.

Social change--Oceania.

Social change.

Pacific Area--Politics and government.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Numerous issues face Pacific states trying to find their way in the early 21st century. Countries are striving to secure the benefits of modernisation. Governance, law and order are needed to reach such a goal, but development cannot be at the price of culture or the environment.

Contents:

PRELIMINARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

CASES

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, DECLARATIONS AND TREATIES

LEGISLATION

CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1. THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE

1. MODERNISATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

SECTION 2. CORRUPTION

2. CORRUPTION

3. GOVERNANCE, LEGITIMACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

4. THE VANUATU OMBUDSMAN

SECTION 3. CUSTOMARY LAW

5. CUSTOM THEN AND NOW:THE CHANGING MELANESIAN FAMILY

6. ISSUES IN CONT EMPORARY CUSTOMARY LAW:WOMEN AND THE LAW

7. RITES, WHITES AND MIGHT: A CRITIQUE OF THE EFFECT OF THE REVIVAL OF CUSTOMARY LAW UPON THE AUTONOMY OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN

8. THE INCORPORATION OF CUSTOMARY LAW &amp

PRINCIPLE INTO SENTENCING DECISIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC REGION

SECTION 4. HUMAN RIGHTS

9. THE NOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

10. HUMAN RIGHTS VS. CUSTOM IN THE PACIFIC: STRUGGLE, ADAPTATION, OR GAME?

11. CUSTOMARY FAMILY LAW AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SECTION 5. NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES

12. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ISSUES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

13. LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGHLY MIGRATORY AND STRADDLING FISH STOCKS INTHE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN

SECTION 6. REBUILDING NATION STATES

14. BUILDING BRIDGES - LAW AND JUSTICE REFORM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

15. CONSTITUTIONS AS LIMITS ON THE STATE IN MELANESIA: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON CONSTITUTIONALISM, PARTICIPATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY

16. LEGAL PLURALISM AND THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY

INDEX.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-921666-88-9

OCLC:

670400774