Overview
- First ever to investigate suitable law reform processes for pluralist societies
- Discusses how a ‘local jurisprudence’ could support law reform
- Examines codification and restatement in law reform
- Addresses legal transplants and law reform
- Describes customary law and state law - accommodation through law reform
Part of the book series: The World of Small States (WSS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book asserts that the Pacific Islands continue to struggle with the colonial legacy of plural legal systems, comprising  laws and legal institutions from both the common law and the customary legal system. It also investigates the extent to which customary principles and values are accommodated in legislation. Focusing on Samoa, the author argues that South Pacific countries continue to adopt a Western approach to law reform without considering legal pluralism, which often results in laws which are unsuitable and irrelevant to Samoa. In the context of this system of law making, effective law reform in Samoa can only be achieved where the law reform process recognises the legitimacy of the two primary legal systems.  The book goes on to present a law reform process that is more relevant and suitable for law making in the Pacific Islands or any post-colonial societies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Law Reform in Plural Societies
Authors: Teleiai Lalotoa Mulitalo Ropinisone Silipa Seumanutafa
Series Title: The World of Small States
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65524-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65523-9Published: 17 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88048-8Published: 25 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65524-6Published: 04 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2627-5996
Series E-ISSN: 2627-6003
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 196
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, International Relations