Research Guides for Pacific Island Law |
Introduction to Researching South Pacific Law
Excellent introduction to conducting legal research in South
Pacific Law, created by a New York University School of Law
Professor. |
Law
of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources
Useful guide containing links to judgments and legislation
for Pacific Islands. Last updated in 2002. |
South Pacific Law Materials Bibliography
Legal Reference Services Quarterly 24, n.1-2 (2005) p.121-179.
Available online at Haworth
Press.
Excellent annotated list of resources for South Pacific
Law. |
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Pacific Law Legal Resources |
Asia Pacific Centre for Human Rights and Prevention
of Ethnic Conflict
Online access to Pacific human rights documents and
resources, including Treatises. |
Australian National University – Pacific Links |
Forum Fisheries Agency
Links to fisheries legislation from various countries
of the South Pacific region. |
Island Jurisdictional Index
Detailed index of world islands providing jurisdictional
information on each island, with links to legal documents.
Personal site maintained by an American attorney, Dan MacMeekin. |
Law
Library of Congress - Legal Resources by Nation
Extensive listings of legal resources for Nations around the world.
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National
Library of New Zealand
Pacific Island Websites by Country or Territory
Pacific Island
Government, Law and Politics Links |
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
Excellent website with many links and resources to South Pacific
Law. Created by the University of the South Pacific
School of Law. |
Pacific
Regional Information System |
| Pacific
Studies WWW Virtual Library |
United Nations Development Programme - Pacific
The UNDP Pacific branch has three locations, each with their own
website, containing information on human rights and government
in various pacific countries:
Fiji Office
Samoa Office
Papua New Guinea Office
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Pacific Law Journals |
Asia Pacific Law and Policy Journal
Vol. 1 (Feb. 2000) to current issue available online. Journal
is run by our own William S. Richardson School of Law at
the University of Hawaii. Focuses on issues facing Asia
and the Pacific Rim.
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Journal of South Pacific Law
Volume 1 (1997) to current issue available online. The
Journal of South Pacific Law is a specialized online journal
of the University of the South Pacific School of Law
focusing on laws of the South Pacific Region.
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La Revue Juridique Polynesienne
(French language site)
Most, but not all, volumes available online. Published
once a year in French and English with a main focus on the
countries of the Pacific. A collaboration between the
Universite de la Plolynesie Francaise, Victoria University
Law Review, the New Zealand Association for Comparative Law,
and the School of Law of University at the University of
the South Pacific. |
Melanesian Law Journal
Law Library has all volumes at call number
K13 .E335.
Vol. 25-27, 29 are available online. Journal focuses on issues
relating to Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific region. Published
by the University of Papua New Guinea School of Law. |
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Pacific Island News Resources |
ABC’s Asia Pacific
Gateway
Australian Broadcasting Corporation website containing
broadcasts in the Pacific region. |
Café Pacific
Recent news and events in the South Pacific. |
Pacific Beat
Radio Australia’s daily Pacific news broadcasts. Podcasts & MP3
formats available online. |
Pacific Islands Report
News from the Pacific Islands with links to current legal,
political and social developments, in addition to newspapers,
and multimedia. Updated daily by the Center for Pacific
Studies, University of Hawaii.
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Pacific Island Law Libraries |
Guam Law Library |
Libraries
of Asia Pacific Directory
From the National Library of Australia, this site provides contact
information for libraries throughout the Pacific islands. Most
of the listed libraries do not provide online access to materials
and many do not have a listed website. |
Monash University Law Library, Australia.
Pacific Law Collection
The site describes holdings at Monash and in other Australian
collections; it does not make documents available online. The
UH Law Library may arrange for interlibrary loan. |
University of Waikato School of Law Library, New Zealand
Pacific Island Law
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University of the South Pacific
Library
Resources
for Law Students
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