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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780476603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : Pandanus Books, 2003

ISBN

1-74076-067-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JowittAnita

CainTess Newton

Disciplina

340.5295

349.1823

Soggetti

Jurisprudence - Pacific Area

Customary law - Pacific Area

Pacific Area Politics and government

Pacific Area Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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