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Law of the South Pacific

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Handbooks: 

Statesman's Yearbook

Introduction to South Pacific Law / Jennifer Corrin-Care and Donald Paterson. 2007. 2nd ed.

Civil Procedure and Courts in the South Pacific / Jennifer Corrin Care. 2004.

Contract Law in the South Pacific / Jennifer Corrin Care. 2001.

South Pacific Islands Legal Systems / Michael A. Ntumy, general editor. 1993.

Pacific courts and legal systems / editors, Guy Powles and Mere Pulea. 1988.

Rule of Law, Legitimate Governance and Development in the Pacific / Iutisone Salevao. 2005.

How-to Guides: 

Legal Research Guide

Browsing the Shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:

  • KV-KWW Law - Oceania
  • DU22 Oceania
  • DU28 Oceania
  • DU850

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's information service)

Pacific Law Journal Index - University of the South Pacific

Hawaii Pacific Journal Index - University of Hawaii

Index New Zealand - indexes and abstracts New Zealand and South Pacific journals and newspapers