Output details
20 - Law
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Article title
Law, land, development and narrative: a case-study from the South Pacific
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
International Journal of Law in Context
Article number
n/a
Volume number
6
Issue number
01
First page of article
1
ISSN of journal
1744-5523
Year of publication
2010
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
Using the vehicle of case law involving land disputes in the Pacific island country of Vanuatu, this article demonstrates how legal forms and fora shape and are shaped by narratives of customary law presented as evidence in a plural legal system where claims of indigenous land tenure have to negotiate the space between pre-colonial and colonial pasts and uncertain post-colonial futures, thereby providing valuable insight into the evolution of law in a specific context and contributing to the wider international discourse of indigenous people's rights, development and meanings and forms of law.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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