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Recent Melanesian Law Journal Decisions

January 2003

• Legal Nature of the Papua New Guinea Petroleum Arrangement [2003] MLJ 6; [2003-04] 29 MLJ 117 (1 January 2003)
• Land Reform Policies in Papua New Guinea: Successes and Failures of the Plantation Acquisition and Unused State Lands Redistribution Schemes [2003] MLJ 5; [2003-04] 29 MLJ 89 (1 January 2003)
• Incorporated Land Groups in Papua New Guinea [2003] MLJ 4; [2003-04] 29 MLJ 73 (1 January 2003)
• Sexual Crimes Against and Exploitation of Children and the Law in Papua New Guinea [2003] MLJ 3; [2003-04] 29 MLJ 35 (1 January 2003)
• Incest and Marriage Prohibitions: Implications of Recent Changes to the Law Against Incest under Papua New Guinea’s Criminal Code [2003] MLJ 2; [2003-04] 29 MLJ 15 (1 January 2003)
• The Judiciary and the Emerging Principle of 'Interest & Spirit of the Constitution' [2003] MLJ 1; [2003-04] 29 MLJ 1 (1 January 2003)

January 2000

• Promulgating Traditional Knowledge Sensitive IPR Legislation In Papua New Guinea And Related Developments In Pacific Island Countries: A Reflection On The Past Three Years Volume 27 Article [2000] MLJ 6; [2000] 27 MLJ 100 (1 January 2000)
• Yam Gardens in the Sea: the Marine Claims of the Trobriand Islanders in Papua New Guinea [2000] MLJ 5; [2000] 27 MLJ 77 (1 January 2000)
• Multiple Expectations of Ownership [2000] MLJ 4; [2000] 27 MLJ 63 (1 January 2000)
• Tradition, Knowledge and Ownership: the Manamb Perspective [2000] MLJ 3; [2000] 27 MLJ 53 (1 January 2000)
• Takwan: Secret Knowledge, Storage and Transmission in Wantoat, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea [2000] MLJ 2; [2000] 27 MLJ 37 (1 January 2000)
• Ascertaining the Nature of Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property and Traditional Knowledge and the Search for Legal Options in Regulating Access in Papua New Guinea [2000] MLJ 1; [2000] 27 MLJ 1 (1 January 2000)

January 1998

• Citizens' Arrests and the Lawfulness of Routine Searches by Security Guards: McKenzie v. The State (1998) SC596 [1998] MLJ 8; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 178 (1 January 1998)
• Employer's Duty to Provide a Safe System of Work: Walter Roth v. Ok Tedi Mining Limited (1998) N1788 [1998] MLJ 7; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 171 (1 January 1998)
• Ombudsmen and Leadership Codes in Papua New Guinea: Keeping Government Accountable in a Rapidly Changing World [1998] MLJ 6; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 139 (1 January 1998)
• Equitable Estoppel and the Rights of Squatter Settlement Residents [1998] MLJ 5; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 115 (1 January 1998)
• The Extent of Consitutional Protection of Land Rights in Papua New Guinea [1998] MLJ 4; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 85 (1 January 1998)
• The Awarding of Damages to People Living a Part Subsistence Lifestyle in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea [1998] MLJ 3; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 58 (1 January 1998)
• The Common Law Riparian Rights Doctrine and it's Applicability in Papua New Guinea [1998] MLJ 2; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 37 (1 January 1998)
• The Elusive Role of Custom in the Underlying Law of Papua New Guinea [1998] MLJ 1; [1998-99] 26 MLJ 1 (1 January 1998)

January 1997

• Dismissing Employees on Account of Being Union Members: Habuka Lawyers v. Higaturu Oil Palm Pty Ltd (1997) D/C 5/97 [1997] MLJ 7; [1997] 25 MLJ 125 (1 January 1997)
• The Class Teacher's Duty To Supervise Pupils in Papua New Guinean Schools: Baduk's Case Mistreated [1997] MLJ 6; [1997] 25 MLJ 117 (1 January 1997)
• Competence and Compellability of the Spouse of the Accused as a Witness in Criminal Proceedings in Papua New Guinea [1997] MLJ 5; [1997] 25 MLJ 87 (1 January 1997)
• Customary Land Owners' Right to Sue for Compensation in Papua New Guinea and the OK Tedi Dispute [1997] MLJ 4; [1997] 25 MLJ 65 (1 January 1997)
• Law Treaty Making in Papua New Guinea After Two Decades Yumi Stap We? [1997] MLJ 3; [1997] 25 MLJ 43 (1 January 1997)
• Judicial Responses to Legislative Attempts to Oust the Judicial Review Powers of the Courts in Papua New Guinea [1997] MLJ 2; [1997] 25 MLJ 15 (1 January 1997)
• Compensation for Breach of Promise to Marry in Papua New Guinea [1997] MLJ 1; [1997] 25 MLJ 1 (1 January 1997)