Discipline of Law
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Dr. Wilfred Golman

Senior Lecturer 

USP Laucala Campus, Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Phone: +679 31889

Email: wilfred.golman@usp.ac.fj

 

 

 

Education Qualification

Doctorate in Law (Superior Class); College of Law, the University of Arizona, USA; Master of Laws (International Trade Law); College of Law, the University of Arizona, USA; Bachelor of Laws with Honors, the University of Papua New Guinea, School of Law.

 

Scholarship

Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship;

The University of Arizona College of Law Graduate Scholarship;

The University of Arizona College of Law Alumni Scholarship;

The UK Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship;

Australian Government Scholarship; and

Papua New Guinea Government Scholarship.

 

Publication

 Books

  1. Collection of Legal Issues and Development in the South Pacific ( Pacific Studies Press, Suva, Fiji, 2022) ISBN 978-982-101-257-7
  2. The World Trade Organization dispute settlement mechanism and the South Pacific island nations’ participation(USP Press, Suva, Fiji, 2017) ISBN 978-982-01-0962-9 (this book was ranked ‘A’)
  3. (with Kwa, E. and Gelu, A.) Judicial Scrutiny of the Electoral Process in a Developing State(UBS Publishers Distributors, New Delhi, India, 2003). ISBN 9980845082

 

 Book Chapters

 1. Golman, Wilfred, ‘The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Free Trade Area: A Trading Agreement Consistent with the WTO Practice in South Pacific’ in Collection of Legal Issues and Development in the South Pacific (Pacific Studies Press, Suva, Fiji, 2022), pp 29-42 ISBN 978-982-101-257-7;

2. Golman, Wilfred, ‘ The Concept of the Common Law Freehold Estates in the South Pacific Region’ in Collection of Legal Issues and Development in the South Pacific (Pacific Studies Press, Suva, Fiji, 2022), pp 43-88 ISBN 978-982-101-257-7;

3. Golman, Wilfred, ‘Climate Change in the Courtroom-Focusing on Papua New Guinea as a Case Study in the Region’ in Collection of Legal Issues and Development in the South Pacific (Pacific Studies Press, Suva, Fiji, 2022), pp 89-119 ISBN 978-982-101-257-7;

4. Golman, Wilfred, ‘Understanding Cybercrime in the Region’ in Collection of Legal Issues and Development in the South Pacific (Pacific Studies Press, Suva, Fiji, 2022), pp 120-145 ISBN 978-982-101-257-7;

5. Golman, Wilfred, ‘Financing Legal Education in the Region’ in Collection of Legal Issues and Development in the South Pacific (Pacific Studies Press, Suva, Fiji, 2022), pp 146-157 ISBN 978-982-101-257-7;

6. Golman, Wilfred, ‘A Brief Glance Over the World Trade Organization in Collection of Legal Issues and Development in the South Pacific (Pacific Studies Press, Suva, Fiji, 2022), pp 159-170 ISBN 978-982-101-257-7;

7. Kwa, E. and Golman, Wilfred, ‘Legal Framework for Resolving Election Disputes in Papua New Guinea’ in Judicial Scrutiny of the Electoral Process in a Developing State (UBS Publishers Distributors, New Delhi, India, 2003), pp. 22-44. ISBN 9980845082; and

8. (with Kawi, John S.) ‘Project Financing in Papua New Guinea’ in Natural Resources Law of Papua New Guinea (Australia Law-Book Company, Sydney, Australia, 2001), pp. 132-166. ISBN 9980939559.

 

Journal Articles

  1. Nguyen, Chat Leand Golman, Wilfred, ‘Diffusion of the Budapest Convention on cybercrime and the development of cybercrime legislation in Pacific Island countries: ‘Law on the books’ vs ‘law in action’(2020) Computer Law & Security Review, 40 . p. 105521. ISSN 0267-3649.
  2. Golman, Wilfred, ‘Is world trade organization (WTO) dispute settlement system underutilized? An assessment from the WTO members of the south pacific region’(2018) Journal of South Pacific Law 1-17.

 

Research Interest

-International Trade and Investment law and related legal issues;

-climate change, forestry and land related laws;

-transnational and cybercrimes;

-property law, personal, real property, and intellectual property;

-petroleum, oil, gas, and mineral laws;

-contract and commercial law;

-agriculture, land, river, water laws;

-tourism and hospitality related legal issues and human resources and employment laws.

 

Other Interest

Teaching the WORD of GOD.