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• Introduction: Imagining Papua New Guinea
• Custom and customary law : reciprocity, revenge, and resolution
• Laying the foundation for a colonial legal system : the British protectorate 1884-1888
• Establishing legal authority : British New Guinea 1888-1906
• Constructing a colonial legal system : the territories of Papua New Guinea 1906-1921
• The colonial legal systems in operation : administration and economic development 1921-1942
• The colonial legal systems in operation : contact, control and customary law 1921-1942
• World War II and its impact : Papua New Guinea in the 1940s
• Reestablishing authority/remaking administration : Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s
• Change comes to the colony at last : Papua and New Guinea in the 1960s
• Moving to independence : Papua New Guinea 1972-1975
• Epilogue: Using the past to understand the present : 1972 and after

"In the waning days of colonialism in Papua New Guinea, much of the rhetoric from local leaders pushing for self-determination focused on replacing the imposed colonial legal system with one that reflected local customs, understandings, relationships, and dispute settlement techniques-in other words, a "uniquely Melanesian jurisprudence." After independence in 1975, however, that aim faded or began to be seen as an impossible objective, and PNG is left with a largely Western legal system. In this book, the authors-who were all directly involved in law teaching, law reform, and judging during that period-explore the potent and enduring grip of colonialism on law and politics long after the colonial regime has been formally disbanded. Combining original historical and legal research, engagement with the scholarly literature of dependency theory and postcolonial studies, and personal observation, interviews, and experience, Making Law in Papua New Guinea offers compelling insights into the many reasons why postcolonial nations remain imprisoned in colonial laws, institutions, and attitudes"-- Provided by publisher

• List of Illiustrations Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Papua New Guinea, Legal Pluralism, and Law and Economics
• Chapter 1. Customary Law and the State Criminal Law Chapter 2. Historical Overview of the State, Criminal Law and Customary Law Chapter 3. Empirical Study of the Sanction of Wrongs in the New Guinea Islands Chapter 4. Legal Dissonance in Papua New Guinea Chapter 5. Past Reforms that Failed
• Conclusion: Reforming the Prosecution Process
• References.
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Papua New Guinea's two most powerful legal orders - customary law and state law -undermine one another in criminal matters. This phenomenon, called legal dissonance, partly explains the low level of personal security found in many parts of the country. This book demonstrates that a lack of coordination in the punishing of wrong behavior is both problematic for legal orders themselves and for those who are subject to such legal phenomena Legal dissonance can lead to behavior being simultaneously promoted by one legal order and punished by the other, leading to injustice, and, perhaps more importantly, undermining the ability of both legal orders to deter wrongdoing.
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• Introduction: Papua New Guinea, legal pluralism, and law and economics
• Customary law and the state criminal law
• Historical overview of the state, criminal law and customary law
• Empirical study of the sanction of wrongs in the New Guinea islands
• Legal dissonance in Papua New Guinea
• Past reforms that failed
• Conclusion: Reforming the prosecution process.

Papua New Guinea's two most powerful legal orders - customary law and state law -undermine one another in criminal matters. This phenomenon, called legal dissonance, partly explains the low level of personal security found in many parts of the country. This book demonstrates that a lack of coordination in the punishing of wrong behavior is both problematic for legal orders themselves and for those who are subject to such legal phenomena Legal dissonance can lead to behavior being simultaneously promoted by one legal order and punished by the other, leading to injustice, and, perhaps more importantly, undermining the ability of both legal orders to deter wrongdoing.
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• La justicia penal en Venezuela al final del siglo XVIII: El caso de Gual y Espan̋a
• Proceso penal y castigo: de la época monárquica a la republicana
• La organización del estado y de la justicia en el siglo XIX
• Estado, justicia y represión en tiempos de Gómez
• El sistema judicial en la dictadura militar y en la democracia de partidos
• Reforma judicial, estado de derecho y revolución
• El fracaso de la justicia y del derecho?

A study of the development of law, justice, and legal roles in Venezuela circa 1790-2002, analyzing how the ideal of justice has built institutions and norms that may contribute perversely to injustices and inequality.

• List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction
• Chapter 1. Colonial Law: An Extended Prelude to the Village Courts
• Chapter 2. The Administration of Village Courts
• Chapter 3. Village Courts on Trial
• Chapter 4. Three Village Courts and their Social Environments
• Chapter 5. Village Court Politics
• Chapter 6. Pari Village Court in Action
• Chapter 7. Konedobu Village Court in Action
• Chapter 8. Erima Village Court in Action
• Chapter 9. Between Groups and Individuals Conclusion: The Local and the Global Appendix: The Offical Range of Offences Heard by Village Courts References Index.
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Papua New Guinea's village court system was introduced in 1974, partly in an effort to overcome the legal, geographical, and social distance between village societies and the country's formal courts. There are now more than 1100 village courts all over PNG, hearing thousands of cases each week. This anthropological study is grounded in ethnographic research on three different village courts and the communities they serve. It also explores the colonial historical background to the establishment of the village court system, and the local and global processes influencing the efforts of village courts to deal with everyday disputes among grassroots Melanesians.
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• Functions and role of administrative law
• Rule of law
• Separation of powers
• Judicial independence
• Delegation
• Non-judicial control of administrative action
• Judicial control of administrative action
• Practice and procedure for leave application
• Principles for leave application
• Grounds for obtaining judicial review : ultra vires
• Grounds for obtaining judicial review : natural justice
• Grounds for obtaining judicial review : error of law
• Ground for obtaining judicial review : reasonableness
• Judicial remedies
• Liability of the state.

• Introduction: Land Policy in Papua New Guinea
• Nationhood and Development Politics: Towards Land Use Maximization
• Land: Legal Conception and Nature of Interests
• Co-ownership of Land
• Mortgages
• Leases
• State Leases
• Easements and Restrictive Covenants
• Registration of Titles.
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In most traditional and indigenous societies, land is generally regarded as a totemic symbol of the spiritual ethos of the people. Land also has obvious economic and political connotations which are underpinned by the modern demands on land use and planning. The reception of alien politico-legal institutions into such societies creates tension between indigenous and non-indigenous interests and rights, thus further exacerbating and compounding issues associated with land use and planning. This is particularly so in Papua New Guinea, with its wealth of natural resources. Land Law and Policy in Papua New Guinea analyses the policy considerations which underscore the mechanisms for regulation of land use through a comprehensive study of Papua New Guinea society. Pre-colonial land issues and post-colonial land policy are summarised and followed by an exposition of basic and fundamental issues of property law. The book also deals with the more contemporary issues of natural resource preservation, environmental protection and land reform. This is a valuable resource for law students and legal practitioners in Papua New Guinea, Australia and throughout the Pacific region. It will also be of interest to land economists, specialists in estate management and government policy decision makers.
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