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Journal of South Pacific Law
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Journal of South Pacific Law
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  • Volume 1, 1997
  • Volume 2, 1998
  • Volume 14, 2012 
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  • Volume 16, 2014
  • Volume 17, 2015
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  • Volume 25, 2023

Volume 25, 2023

Articles

A Special Edition of the Journal of South Pacific Law

Editorial
South Pacific Islands’ Jurisprudence on Climate, Environment, Natural Resources and Land Tenure
Jennifer Corrin, Kate Owen
1
Case Notes
Facing The Future:1 Morua V China Harbour Engineering Co (Png) Ltd, Access To Justice, and The Emerging Role Of Human Rights In Climate Litigation
Alana Barbaro
8
Redefining Landscapes: Administrative Law and Customary Land Ownership In Esso P’nyang Limited V Bernard
Sophia Bleakley
23
The Complex Reality Of Land Tenure and Land Disputes In Papua New Guinea: The Case Of Kula Oil Palm Ltd V Tieba
Emily Dong*
35
Navigating Complexities of the Doctrine of Accretion in the Pacific Islands: Ongosia V Tongia
Alexandra Gerrard
50
Fish out of Water? Examining the Privy Council’s Constitutional Interpretation and Determination of Aronga Mana Custom in Framhein V Attorney-General [2022] UKPC 4
Jarrah Lindhout
63
Upholding the Right to Environment: Constitutional, International, and Common Law Intersections in Fiji Fish Marketing Group Ltd V Pacific Cement Ltd
Sean O’Beirne
77
Papua New Guinea’s Atypical Activism: Re Enforcement of Basic Rights under the Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Section 57
Caroline Xu
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