This book sets out the framework of South Pacific legal systems and also describes the substantive law on a broad range of topics. Including a discussion of recent changes in the law, this new edition is a useful and up-to-date resource for all those interested in the law of the region.

This book deals with adoption laws and practices in small island developing states in the Pacific. It commences with an introductory chapter giving an overview of relevant laws and practices and pulling together the common themes and issues raised in the book. Each of the following chapters deals with adoption law and practice in a small South Pacific country. The countries in question all have plural legal systems, with systems of adoption and its closest customary law equivalent operatin...