Commercial Law and Practice in the South Pacific

This text examines the main areas of commercial law in the common law jurisdictions of the South Pacific region. These jurisdictions include the Cook Islands, Fijian Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Nauru, (Western) Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The text is divided into six parts each with its own introduction to aid the reader through each particular area. Utilising both a structural and transactional approach it examines: the establishment and termination of commercial organisations; the internal and external relations within and between organisations; the legal principles applicable to various kinds of commercial dealings eg insurance, sale of goods, bills of exchange; and aspects of foreign trade and international commerce relevant to the region.