Pacific Islands Law

Government, legislation and cases

• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - recent judgments in full text
• Legislation and case law sources are available via PACLII
• Pacific Island Treaty Series
• PARLINE database on national parliaments - searchable by country or region:
  "For all countries where a national legislature exists, the database provides general information on each of the Parliament's chambers; description of the electoral system; results of the most recent elections; archive of past elections results; information on the presidency of each chamber; information on the mandate and status of members of Parliament"
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• WorldLII- World Legal Information Institute - see the Countries list

Commentary

• Converging currents: custom and human rights in the Pacific - New Zealand Law Commission study paper (2006)
• Journal of South Pacific Law - articles in full text 1997 to current
• Law of the Pacific Islands: a guide to web based resources (2008 update)
• Melanesian Law Journal - via PacLII – covers the period 1997 to 2003
• Pacific Islands Report -  political and legal news from the Center for Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii; updated every weekday
• Pacific law blog - Emalus Campus Library, University of the South Pacific
• Pacific Studies Research Group, University of Bergen, Norway