Reconciling customary law and received law in Melanesia : the post-independence experience in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu / Kenneth Brown.

Darwin, N.T. : Charles Darwin University Press, 2005.

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Law -- Melanesia.

1. Introduction

2. Terminology

3. The imperial overture: the situation prior to independence

4. The constitutional prescription of customary law

5. Family law

6. Custody of children

7. Succession

8. Conclusion.

This book examines the relationship between introduced law and customary law in the neighbouring Melanesian jurisdictions of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and analyses the constitutional provisions dealing with the application of various legal sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

South Pacific Collection.

097576148X

248 p. ; 25 cm