VOLUME 12 - NUMBER 2

2008

JOURNAL

SOUTH PACIFIC LAWOF

ABOUT THE JOURNAL The Journal of South Pacific Law is a journal of the University of the South Pacific School of Law. We publish a wide range of legal materials with a focus on laws of the South Pacific region and on issues of interest to legal researchers within the region. All articles appearing in the journal are refereed by scholars with extensive background in the region and its diverse legal systems. EDITORIAL BOARD Anita Jowitt (General Editor) Kendra Derousseau Ian Fraser Miranda Forsyth Peter MacFarlane Paul Mae INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Don Chalmers (UTAS) Don Paterson (USP) Eric Colvin (Bond) Guy Powles (Monash) Jean Zorn (FIU) Jennifer Corrin (UQ) Mark Findlay (Sydney) Michael Jeffery (Macquarie) John Braithwaite (ANU) Owen Jessep (UNSW) Sue Farran (Dundee) Rick Sarre (UNISA) Sinclair Dinnen (ANU) Tony Angelo (VUW) Paul de Dekker (Nouvelle-Caledonie) Owen Jessep (UNSW) Rowan M. Downing QC Sir Robert K. Woods CORRESPONDENCE The General Editor Journal of South Pacific Law University of the South Pacific School of Law PMB 9072 Port Vila VANUATU Email: jowitt_a@vanuatu.usp.ac.fj http://www.paclii.org/ journals/fJSPL/index.shtml

ISSN 1684-5307

University of the South Pacific, School of Law