Passage of change : law, society and the governance in the Pacific

The Context Of Change (modernisation And Development In The South Pacific) -- Corruption (corruption ; Governance, Legitimacy And The Rule Of Law In The South Pacific ; The Vanuatu Ombudsman) -- Customary Law (custom Then And Now : The Changing Melanesian Family ; Issues In Contemporary Customary Law : Women And The Law ; Rites, Whites And Might : A Critique Of The Effect Of The Revival Of Customary Law Upon The Autonomy Of Indigenous Women ; The Incorporation Of Customary Law & Principle Into Sentencing Decisions In The South Pacific Region) -- Human Rights (the Notion Of Human Rights ; Human Rights Vs. Custom In The Pacific : Struggle, Adaptation, Or Game? ; Customary Family Law And Gender Discrimination In Papua New Guinea). Natural Resource Issues (environmental Law Issues In The South Pacific And The Quest For Sustainable Development And Good Governance ; Legal Developments In The Conservation And Management Of Highly Migratory And Straddling Fish Stocks In The Western And Central Pacific Ocean) -- Rebuilding Nation States (building Bridges : Law And Justice Reform In Papua New Guinea ; Constitutions As Limits On The State In Melanesia : Comparative Perspectives On Constitutionalism, Participation And Civil Society ;legal Pluralism And The Problem Of Identity). Edited By Anita Jowitt And Tess Newton Cain. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 348-352) And Index. Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Table of Abbreviations......Page 10 Table of Cases......Page 12 Table of International Conventions......Page 15 Table of Legislation......Page 16 Notes on Contributors......Page 19 Introduction......Page 23 SECTION 1: THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE......Page 27 1. Modernisation and Development in the South Pacific......Page 29 SECTION 2: CORRUPTION......Page 55 2. Corruption......Page 57 3. Governance, Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in the South Pacific......Page 73 4. The Vanuatu Ombudsman......Page 93 SECTION 3: CUSTOMARY LAW......Page 115 5. Custom Then and Now: The Changing Melanesian Family......Page 117 6. Issues in Contemporary Customary Law: Women and the Law......Page 147 7. Rites, Whites and Might: A Critique of the Effect of the Revival of Customary Law upon the Autonomy of Indigenous Women......Page 165 8. The Incorporation of Customary Law & Principle into Sentencing Decisions in the South Pacific Region......Page 187 SECTION 4: HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 205 9. The Notion of Human Rights......Page 207 10. Human Rights vs. Custom in the Pacific: Struggle, Adaptation, or Game?......Page 221 11. Customary Family Law and Gender Discrimination in Papua New Guinea......Page 237 SECTION 5: NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES......Page 253 12. Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance......Page 255 13. Legal Developments in the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory and Straddling Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean......Page 273 SECTION 6: REBUILDING NATION STATES......Page 297 14. Building Bridges – Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea......Page 299 15. Constitutions as Limits on the State in Melanesia: Comparative Perspectives on Constitutionalism, Participation and Civil Society......Page 327 16. Legal Pluralism and the Problem of Identity......Page 351 Index......Page 375 These essays cover a number of the most fundamental issues facing Pacific Island countries and their legal systems, including modernization, corruption, custom, human rights, natural resource issues, and disorder. A collection of essays treating the issues behind modernisation, law and governance in the island nations of the Pacific