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



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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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Canberra, : Pandanus Books, 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (379 p.)
Disciplina: 340.5295
349.1823
Soggetto topico: Jurisprudence - Pacific Area
Customary law - Pacific Area
Soggetto geografico: Pacific Area Politics and government
Pacific Area Social conditions
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: JowittAnita  
CainTess Newton  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Passage of Change  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-74076-067-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455897703321
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