This thesis looks at how Papua New Guinea‟s two most prominent legal orders; customary law and state law sanction wrongs. The mode of analysis is primarily economic while also acknowledging the reality of deep legal pluralism. In a society subject to a legal transplant such as Papua New Guinea there will be wrongs under customary law and wrongs under state law. Some of these wrongs will be common to both legal orders, common wrongs, and some will be unique to each legal order, idiosyncratic wrongs. Sanctions used to correct these wrongs will either be wrongs under the other legal order or not. The thesis analyses the interactions of the two legal orders using this typology. The empirical element provides an overview of the level of wrongdoi...
The provision of customary criminal sanctions varies according to the customs and norms that apply i...
After twenty-one years of independence, problems of law and order remain the single most important i...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...
Deposited with permission of the author. © 1996 Richard Charles Sikani.Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a ...
The Constitution of Papua New Guinea (PNG) features a peculiar artifact of colonial-era law known as...
According to students of legal pluralism, the relationship between Western law and local dispute man...
Family law in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is governed by two legal regimes, state and customary. These re...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...
This thesis examines the recognition by the state of the customary law of indigenous peoples by refe...
The co-existence of plural legal systems throws up complex practical dilemmas. In the criminal spher...
The losses resulting from the customary offense are not only concerning the material, but also immat...
This article approaches the relationship between the categories of custom and law by means of an exp...
After twenty-one years of independence, problems of law and order remain the single most important i...
The provision of customary criminal sanctions varies according to the customs and norms that apply i...
This article approaches the relationship between the categories of custom and law by means of an exp...
The provision of customary criminal sanctions varies according to the customs and norms that apply i...
After twenty-one years of independence, problems of law and order remain the single most important i...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...
Deposited with permission of the author. © 1996 Richard Charles Sikani.Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a ...
The Constitution of Papua New Guinea (PNG) features a peculiar artifact of colonial-era law known as...
According to students of legal pluralism, the relationship between Western law and local dispute man...
Family law in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is governed by two legal regimes, state and customary. These re...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...
This thesis examines the recognition by the state of the customary law of indigenous peoples by refe...
The co-existence of plural legal systems throws up complex practical dilemmas. In the criminal spher...
The losses resulting from the customary offense are not only concerning the material, but also immat...
This article approaches the relationship between the categories of custom and law by means of an exp...
After twenty-one years of independence, problems of law and order remain the single most important i...
The provision of customary criminal sanctions varies according to the customs and norms that apply i...
This article approaches the relationship between the categories of custom and law by means of an exp...
The provision of customary criminal sanctions varies according to the customs and norms that apply i...
After twenty-one years of independence, problems of law and order remain the single most important i...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...