Human rights in the South Pacific [ challenges and changes

Offers a look at the challenges and contemporary issues raised by human rights in the island countries of the South West Pacific which have come under the influence of the common law - where the legal systems are complex and perceptions of rights varies widely. This book is suitable for those intere...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farran, Susan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, UK : Routledge-Cavendish , c2009
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The region of the Pacific
  • 2. Rights and the laws that give effect to them
  • 3. Theories and approaches to human rights
  • 4. Fundamental rights and questions of property
  • 5. Social ordering : custom and equality
  • 6. Freedom from discrimination
  • 7. Rights advoca and enforcement
  • 8. Taking rights forward