
Rethinking Judicial Power in Papua New Guinea
This book examines the role and nature of the judiciary in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the first comprehensive study since the country''s independence in 1975. It challenges the traditional view of the judiciary as solely a legal entity, arguing for its broader social and political functions. Critiquing assumptions inherited from British and Australian colonial thinking, it discusses how decolonisatio...
This book examines the role and nature of the judiciary in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the first comprehensive study since the country''s independence in 1975. It challenges the traditional view of the judiciary as solely a legal entity, arguing for its broader social and political functions. Critiquing assumptions inherited from British and Australian colonial thinking, it discusses how decolonisatio...