Passage of change : law, society and governance in the Pacific /

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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. The question of how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jowitt, Anita, Cain, Tess Newton
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2010.
Temas:
Jurisprudence > Pacific Area.
Customary law > Pacific Area.
Droit > Pacifique, Région du.
Droit coutumier > Pacifique, Région du.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Australian & Oceanian.
Customary law
Jurisprudence
Politics and government
Social conditions
Pacific Area > Politics and government.
Pacific Area > Social conditions.
Pacifique, Région du > Conditions sociales.
Pacific Area
Pacific area
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton-Cain
  • Section 1: The context of change. Modernisation and development in the South Pacific / Vijay Naidu
  • Section 2: Corruption. Corruption / Robert Hughes
  • Governance, legitimacy and the rule of law in the South Pacific / Graham Hassall
  • The Vanuatu Ombudsman / Edward R. Hill
  • Section 3: customary law. Custom then and now: the changing Melanesian family / Jean G. Zorn
  • Issues in contemporary customary law: women and the law / Jean G. Zorn
  • Rites, whites and might: a critique of the effect of the revival of customary law upon the autonomy of Indigenous women / Susan Bothmann
  • The incorporation of customary law & principle into sentencing decisions in the South Pacific region / Tess Newton Cain
  • Section 4: Human rights. The notion of human rights / Anita Jowitt
  • Human rights vs. custom in the Pacific: struggle, adaptation, or game? / Ian Fraser
  • Customary family law and gender discrimination in Papua New Guinea / Owen Jessep
  • Section 5: Natural resource issues. Environmental law issues in the South Pacific and the quest for sustainable development and good governance / Laurence Cordonnery
  • 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. Building bridges
  • Law and justice reform in Papua New Guinea / Sinclair Dinnen
  • Constitutions as limits on the state in Melanesia: comparative perspectives on constitutionalism, participation and civil society / Anthony Regan
  • Legal pluralism and the problem of identity / Robert Hughes.

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