Commercial Law and Practice in the South Pacific

Description

This book examines the main areas of commercial law which apply in the common law jurisdictions of the South Pacific region. This includes Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Nauru, (Western) Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Its approach is both structural, in terms of the establishment and termination of commercial organizations as well as their internal and external relations, and transactional, in examining the legal principles applicable to various kinds of commercial dealings such as insurance, sale of goods, bills of exchange and aspects of foreign trade and international commerce relevant to the region.

Mohammed L Ahmadu is Associate Professor of Law at the University of the South Pacific and previously worked as a government legal official in Fiji. Robert Hughes is Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law at the University of the South Pacific.

The book is clearly written and should be readily comprehended by readers. Explanations are in plain language and simple terms.' Lindsay Trotman, Massey University