Legal Systems of the Pacific

This book provides an overview of the legal systems of a selection of Pacific Island countries. It gives a general outline of each system, with emphasis on particularities and matters of current special interest, such as climate change and the environment. It offers easy reference and information about where to find more information on specific aspects of the legal system in each of those jurisdictions.With no new books written on these legal systems, namely the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna, for nearly 30 years, Legal Systems of the Pacific fills a gap in the literature and offers an 'insider' perspective on the legal system, with the majority of authors being indigenous or long-term residents of the countries in question.

Professor Jennifer Corrin is the Director of the Centre for Public, International & Comparative Law and a Professor in the TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland. Before joining The University of Queensland, Jennifer spent five years at the University of the South Pacific, having joined the Faculty after nine years in her own legal firm in Solomon Islands. She retains strong links with the profession and is a life member of Solomon Islands Bar Association. Jennifer is a member of the editorial Board of the Journal of Legal Pluralism, a member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of South Pacific Law, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific.TONY ANGELO is Emeritus Professor at Victoria University of Wellington. He has a long-standing interest in the law of small states and has published extensively on the laws of Mauritius, Seychelles and the small nations of the Pacific.