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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jowitt, Anita.

Cain, Tess Newton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jurisprudence--Pacific Area.

Jurisprudence.

Customary law--Pacific Area.

Customary law.

Pacific Area--Politics and government.

Pacific Area.

Pacific Area--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of essays treating the issues behind modernisation, law and governance in the island nations of the Pacific.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Table of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of International Conventions; Table of Legislation; Notes on 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 Contemporary 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 Women8. The Incorporation of Customary Law & 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74076-067-0

OCLC:

64433385