Natural Resources Law of Papua New Guinea
Natural Resources Law of Papua New Guinea

Author: Eric L. Kwa

Publisher: University of Papua New Guinea Press

Published: 2010-04

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9789980939555

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Contents Include: Foreword by The Honorable Sir Arnold Amet; Introduction by Eric L Kwa; The Importance of Natural Resources, Particularly Non-renewable Resources, to the Development of the Papua New Guinean Economy by Alphonse K Malipu; Land Tenure Law in Papua New Guinea by George Muroa; Forestry Law by Eric Kwa; Fisheries Resource Development and Management in Papua New Guinea: Law, Biology and Economics by Billy Manoka and Ursula Kolkolo; Water Law by Lawrence Kalinoe; Project Financing in Papua New Guinea by John Sagir Kawi and Wilfred W Golman; Statutory Recognition of Customary Resource Owners' Compensatory Rights and Interests by George Tapya Yapao.

Practising Self-Government
Practising Self-Government

Author: Yash Ghai

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08-29

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1107018587

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An examination of how the constitutional frameworks for autonomies around the world really work.

A Trial Separation
A Trial Separation

Author: Donald Denoon

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1921862920

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When it came in September 1975, Papua New Guinea's independence was marked by both anxiety and elation. In the euphoric aftermath, decolonisation was declared a triumph and immediate events seemed to justify that confidence. By the 1990s, however, events had taken a turn for the worse and there were doubts about the capacity of the State to function. Before independence, Papua New Guinea was an Australian Territory. Responsibility lay with a minister in Canberra and services were provided by Commonwealth agencies. In 1973, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam declared that independence should be achieved within two years. While Australians were united in their desire to decolonise, many Papua New Guineans were nervous of independence. This superlative history presents the full story of the 'trial separation' of Australia and Papua New Guinea, concluding that -- given the intertwined history, geography and economies of the two neighbours -- the decolonisation project of 'independence' is still a work in progress.

Constitution Making during State Building
Constitution Making during State Building

Author: Joanne Wallis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-09-15

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1316157083

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How can fragmented, divided societies that are not immediately compatible with centralised statehood best adjust to state structures? This book employs both comparative constitutional law and comparative politics, as it proposes the idea of a 'constituent process', whereby public participation in constitution making plays a positive role in state building. This can help to foster a sense of political community and produce a constitution that enhances the legitimacy and effectiveness of state institutions because a liberal-local hybrid can emerge to balance international liberal practices with local customary ones. This book represents a sustained attempt to examine the role that public participation has played during state building and the consequences it has had for the performance of the state. It is also the first attempt to conduct a detailed empirical study of the role played by the liberal-local-hybrid approach in state building.

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

Author: Don Woolford

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1921902191

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First published in 1976, Papua New Guinea was the first book to interpret the key events that led to the nation’s independence in 1975. In the book, journalist Don Woolford, a correspondent for the Australian Associated Press in Papua New Guinea, describes the ferment and excitement of the 1960s and 1970s, chronicling the former Australian territory’s political development from the first general election for a representative House of Assembly in 1964 through independence. Key figures in the transition, including Michael Somare, John Guise, Albert Maori Kiki, and Josephine Abaijah, make an appearance and their contributions are analyzed adroitly. Woolford’s access to these and other important individuals, as well as to literature produced for the moment that is no longer available, make this an inimitable and invaluable record of the remarkable years that led to the creation of the nation of Papua New Guinea.

Constructing Papuan Nationalism
Constructing Papuan Nationalism

Author: Richard Chauvel

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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Papuan nationalism is young, evolving, and flexible. It has adapted to and reflected the political circumstances in which it has emerged. Its evolution as a political force is one of the crucial factors in any analysis of political and cultural change in Papua, and the development of relations between the Indonesian government and Papuan society. This study examines the development of Papuan nationalism from the Pacific War through the movement?s revival after the fall of President Suharto in 1998. The author argues that the first step in understanding Papuan nationalism is understanding Papuan history and historical consciousness. The history that so preoccupies Papuan nationalists is the history of the decolonization of the Netherlands Indies, the struggle between Indonesia and the Netherlands over the sovereignty of Papua, and Papua?s subsequent integration into Indonesia. Papuan nationalism is also about ethnicity. Many Papuan nationalists make strong distinctions between Papuans and other peoples, especially Indonesians. However, Papuan society itself is a mosaic of over three hundred small, local, and often isolated ethno-linguistic groups. Yet over the years a pan-Papuan identity has been forged from this mosaic of tribal groups. This study explores the nationalists? argument about history and the sources of their sense of common ethnicity. It also explores the possibility that the Special Autonomy Law of 2001, if implemented fully, might provide a framework in which Papuan national aspirations might be realized.This is the fourteenth publication in Policy Studies, a peer-reviewed East-West Center Washington series that presents scholarly analysis of key contemporary domestic and international political, economic, and strategic issues affecting Asia in a policy relevant manner.