A legal research guide for Asia and the Pacific region, created by the library at the University of Sydney. Includes regional legal information as well as covering twenty-five individual jurisdictions. For each jurisdiction, there are annotated links to sources of legislation and cases, information about the legal system, information relating to international law (such as participation in treaties), and links to research guides.
This PacLII website provides access to a range of full text primary legal materials for Tonga including judgements, legislation, the Constitution and other court related information such as rules and practice directions. There are also links to other Tonga legal sites. PacLII is a joint initiative between the University of the South Pacific and the Australasian Legal Information Institute.
Forming part of the PACLII database, this webpage provides the Constitution of Tokelau, Tokelauan legislation (searchable and browseable), and details of United Kingdom, New Zealand and Western Pacific legislation which may apply to Tokelau. The Other Materials tab includes an overview of the government and court system, judicial annual reports and other information.
Forming part of the PACLII website, this webpage provides links to limited sources of Palau law, including cases from the Supreme Court of Palau from 2008 through to present day, selected consolidated legislation, indexes to legislation, and the constitution of Palau.
Forming part of the PACLII database, this webpage provides cases, legislation and other legal material from the Marshall Islands law, including the Marshall Islands Revised Code (2014). The content may be searched or browsed.
Forming part of the PACLII website, this database contains electronic version of selected sessional legislation from the Marshall Islands up to 2009. Legislation can be browsed either alphabetically or by year, or the ‘database search’ option may be picked, allowing you to search across the data file.
Forming part of the PACLII website, this database contains electronic versions of selected legislation from the 2004 Revised Code of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. A separate data file contains selected subsequent sessional legislation. Legislation can be browsed alphabetically, or accessed through a hyperlinked index.
Forming part of the PACLII website, this database contains selected decisions of the Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands, starting from 1982 and updated through to 2009. Cases can be browsed either alphabetically or by year, or the ‘database search’ option in the top left of the page can be chosen to enable a free search across the resource.
The State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program is a project of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. The Program was established in 1996 to conduct research into the government, politics and causes of political crises in the Pacific Islands including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Fiji. The site provides background details on the purpose of the project and access to full-text working papers and conference papers relating to it.
Official web pages of the Cook Islands government. The site has profiles of the members of the cabinet of the Cook Islands and contact details for all government departments and agencies. There is background information to the geography, economy, population and climate of the Cook Islands and a full-text monthly newsletter providing national and government news.
