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UNINA9910780476603321 |
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Titolo |
Passage of change [[electronic resource] ] : law, society and governance in the Pacific / / edited by Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton Cain |
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Canberra, : Pandanus Books, 2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (379 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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JowittAnita |
CainTess Newton |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jurisprudence - Pacific Area |
Customary law - Pacific Area |
Pacific Area Politics and government |
Pacific Area Social conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A collection of essays treating the issues behind modernisation, law and governance in the island nations of the Pacific. |
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