Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Island States

2000 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Small Island ◽  
The South ◽  
Island States ◽  
Small Island States

Searching for appropriate criminal evidence laws in the South Pacific

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-241
Author(s):  
Jennifer Corrin
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
The South ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Island States ◽  
Small Island States ◽  
The Common ◽  
The 19Th Century

Most island states in the South Pacific have inherited a common law legal system as a consequence of their colonial history. After independence only a few of these countries have been active in replacing or amending the inherited laws. In the field of evidence, many countries are still reliant on introduced statutes from the 19th century. Commencing with a brief outline of legal systems in the small island states of the South Pacific, this article moves on to identify the legislation which governs criminal evidence in a representative sample of countries from Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. It explains the complexities of this exercise in countries which still rely in whole or in part on legislation introduced during the colonial era. The article then moves on to discuss the application of the common law and the extent to which South Pacific courts have developed their own jurisprudence in this area. It considers how far these countries have come in developing their own rules of criminal evidence. The article concludes with a discussion of whether the prevailing criminal evidence laws are suitable for the circumstances of South Pacific island countries.

Electronic Government in Small Island States

2005 ◽  
pp. 269-274
Author(s):  
Janet Toland ◽  
Fuatai Purcell ◽  
Sid Huff
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Central Government ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Small Island ◽  
The South ◽  
Island States ◽  
Small Island States

The capabilities provided through electronic government (e-government) opens up the potential for government’s worldwide to improve the services they offer to their citizens. However, a move towards e-government offers particular advantages to developing countries, especially to small island states. Small island states are typically scattered over a wide geographic area, posing unique problems for their governments in coordinating and delivering services to their citizens. Information and communication technologies (ICT) now make it possible to connect a citizen of the remotest island directly to central government services. This article investigates the role of e-government in small countries. The island states of the South Pacific1 have been selected as a case study. Though every small island state has its own particular characteristics, the island nations of the South Pacific exhibit such diversity in terms of culture, language, economic activity and ethnicity as to make this region an ideal laboratory in which to observe developments in e-government. The island states of the South Pacific generally exhibit a low population density, which can be an advantage, as ICT-based strategies can be implemented more quickly than in a larger country. However, a small population often means a lack of appropriate skills to implement such policies (Comnet-IT, 2002).

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