Pacific Legal Gateway

Pacific Law Reform

Links to Pacific Law Reform Commissions, Law Reform Commissions for related jurisdictions and Law Reform resources.

Regional Organisations

• Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Law Revision Commission

  Official website of the CNMI Law Reform Commission. Website is regularly updated.

• Fiji Law Reform Commission

  Official website of the Fiji Law Reform Commission. Site is not currently up to date.

• Papua New Guinea Constitutional and Law Reform Commission

  Select publications from the Commission.

Regional Legislation Establishing Law Reform Commissions

• Fiji - Fiji Law Reform Commission Act [Cap 26]
• Fiji - Fiji Law Reform (Ammendment) Act 1985


• Papua New Guinea - Constitutional and Law Reform Commission Act 2004
• Papua New Guinea - Law Reform Commission Act 1975


• Samoa - Samoa Law Reform Commission Act 2002


• Solomon Islands - Law Reform Commission Act [Cap 15]


• Tonga - Tonga Law Commission Act 2007


• Vanuatu - Law Commission Act [Cap 115]

Law Reform Commissions in Related Jurisdictions

• Australian Law Commission

  Established in 1975, the Australian Law Reform Commission is a permanent, independent federal statutory corporation, operating under the Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 (Cth). The ALRC conducts inquiries - known as references - into areas of law reform at the request of the Attorney-General of Australia. Site contains links to full-text publications, archives of the Reform journal and news concerning current events in law reform.

• Queensland Law Reform Commission

  The Law Reform Commission is an independent statutory body which was constituted by the Law Reform Commission Act 1968. The mission of the Law Reform Commission is to meet the needs of the Queensland community by reviewing areas of law in need of reform. The Commission makes recommendations for reform to Parliament through the Attorney-General.

• New South Wales Law Reform Commission

  The New South Wales Law Reform Commission began operation in New South Wales in 1966, and was formally created by statute in 1967 (Law Reform Commission Act 1967). Site contains law links to other commissions around Australia and internationally.

• Law Reform Commission for England and Wales

  The Law Commission is the statutory independent body created by the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law under review and to recommend reform where it is needed.

• New Zealand Law Reform Commission

  The Law Commission is an independent crown entity funded by government. It is a central advisory body established by statute to undertake the systematic review, reform and development of the law of New Zealand.

International Law Reform Bodies

• The International Law Commission

  Established in 1948, the International Law Commission's mandate is the progressive development and codification of international law, in accordance with article 13(1)(a) of the Charter of the United Nations.

• The Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies

  The Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies (CALRAs) is an organisation designed to encourage international cooperation in law reform.

Informational Resources

• The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

  Founded in 1968, the Journal of Law Reform publishes four issues each year devoted to scholarship that will, in the words of Francis A. Allen, one of the Journal's founding members, "promote the improvement of law and its administration in all areas in which needs are disclosed and in which useful proposals can be advanced."

• Reform - a Law Reform Journal

  Full articles from past issues of Reform are now available online. However, as Reform is a subscription journal, links to the more recent issues will contain a short summary of the edition only.