02935nam 2200613Ia 450 991045589770332120200520144314.01-74076-067-0(CKB)111087028255414(EBL)177421(OCoLC)64433385(SSID)ssj0000218429(PQKBManifestationID)11186886(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218429(PQKBWorkID)10220028(PQKB)10847925(MiAaPQ)EBC177421(Au-PeEL)EBL177421(CaPaEBR)ebr10047354(OCoLC)54008859(EXLCZ)9911108702825541420040206d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPassage of change[electronic resource] law, society and governance in the Pacific /edited by Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton CainCanberra Pandanus Books20031 online resource (379 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74076-025-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Law7. 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 IssuesA collection of essays treating the issues behind modernisation, law and governance in the island nations of the Pacific.JurisprudencePacific AreaCustomary lawPacific AreaPacific AreaPolitics and governmentPacific AreaSocial conditionsElectronic books.JurisprudenceCustomary law340.5295349.1823Jowitt Anita801649Cain Tess Newton801650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455897703321Passage of Change1802933UNINA