Passage of Change: Law, Society and Governance in the Pacific

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