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200 00$aPassage of change$b[electronic resource] $elaw, society and governance in the Pacific /$fedited by Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton Cain
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aCanberra $cPandanus Books$d2003
215   $a1 online resource (379 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-74076-025-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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
327   $a7. 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
330   $aA collection of essays treating the issues behind modernisation, law and governance in the island nations of the Pacific.
606   $aJurisprudence$zPacific Area
606   $aCustomary law$zPacific Area
607   $aPacific Area$xPolitics and government
607   $aPacific Area$xSocial conditions
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701   $aJowitt$b Anita$0801649
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