Add to ORKGLand in the South Pacific is largely regulated by introduced English Common Law. However, the vast bulk of the land in the region is held under different forms of customary land tenure, and the perceptions of land and its use are distinctly regional. In this article, the author considers how the Common Law has been adapted in the region to accommodate and reflect customary law and practice. Selected cases from the region are used to highlight the difficulties that the courts face in blending Common Law principles with customary practice and accommodating changing uses of land that challenge traditional solutions
Prior to colonisation the usage and ownership of customary land was regulated by custom. Custom was...
The means of owning and managing customary land (also known as traditional land) in Australia and th...
Customary land tenure is normally not based on codified or statutory sources, but stems from customa...
Land in the South Pacific is largely regulated by introduced English Common Law. However, the vast b...
Recently, there has been renewed interest in the subject of customary land reform in Papua New Guine...
"The debate concerning wealth creation on communally owned indigenous land is gaining momentum in A...
One of the many post-colonial claims of indigenous people is the re-assertion of their rights over t...
Teaching Indigenous customary law in a conventional law degree in Queensland is rare. There is the o...
This is the second edition of a book that was first published in 1996 on issues relating to land law...
In a country such as Vanuatu, where land is owned by the indigenous custom owners and the Constituti...
Once upon a time, the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand had exclusive occupation and u...
Customary Land is vital to economic development. But attempts to access customary land through state...
Teaching Indigenous customary law in a conventional law degree in Queensland is rare. There is the o...
There is a global trend of increasing expectations and demands on law to bring about social change. ...
This article examines how land under customary forms of tenure can provide the opportunity for a var...
Prior to colonisation the usage and ownership of customary land was regulated by custom. Custom was...
The means of owning and managing customary land (also known as traditional land) in Australia and th...
Customary land tenure is normally not based on codified or statutory sources, but stems from customa...
Land in the South Pacific is largely regulated by introduced English Common Law. However, the vast b...
Recently, there has been renewed interest in the subject of customary land reform in Papua New Guine...
"The debate concerning wealth creation on communally owned indigenous land is gaining momentum in A...
One of the many post-colonial claims of indigenous people is the re-assertion of their rights over t...
Teaching Indigenous customary law in a conventional law degree in Queensland is rare. There is the o...
This is the second edition of a book that was first published in 1996 on issues relating to land law...
In a country such as Vanuatu, where land is owned by the indigenous custom owners and the Constituti...
Once upon a time, the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand had exclusive occupation and u...
Customary Land is vital to economic development. But attempts to access customary land through state...
Teaching Indigenous customary law in a conventional law degree in Queensland is rare. There is the o...
There is a global trend of increasing expectations and demands on law to bring about social change. ...
This article examines how land under customary forms of tenure can provide the opportunity for a var...
Prior to colonisation the usage and ownership of customary land was regulated by custom. Custom was...
The means of owning and managing customary land (also known as traditional land) in Australia and th...
Customary land tenure is normally not based on codified or statutory sources, but stems from customa...