Custom and the law
By: Paul de Deckker and Jean-Yves Faberon (editors).
Contributors: Deckker, Paul de.; Faberon, Jean Yves.
Publisher: Asia Pacific Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Canberra ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Customary law -- Australasia.; Customary law -- Oceania.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Translation of the original French publication: Coutume autochtone et evolution du droit dans le Pacifique Sud (1995).
Table of contents: title: Custom and the law / Norbert Rouland; title: Legal adaptations to local sociological particularities / Guy Agniel; title: Customary rules in New Caledonia / The Customary Council of the Territory of New Caledonia; title: Customary rules in French Polynesia / Bruno Saura; title: Custom and rules in Wallis and Futuna / Antonia Trouilhet-Tamole and Emeli Simete; title: Custom and the magistrate : approach and practice in New Caledonia / Fote Troulue; title: The magistrature and custom : questions and answers on approach and practice in New Caledonia / Bernard de gouttes; title: Customary law and custom in Polynesian jurisprudence / René L. Calinaud and Camilia Domingo-Neti; title: Customary legal proceedings in Wallis and Futuna / Oliver Aimot.