Commercial Law and Practice in the South Pacific

Publisher:: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Publication date:: 2006-01-01

Authors:: Mohammed L Ahmadu
Robert A Hughes
ISBN:: 9781843146919

Description:

This new textbook is the first to examine 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 aspects of foreign trade and international commerce relevant to the region.

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Part A: The Legal Structures of Commerce

Part B: Control and Management of Commercial Entities

Part C: Commercial Transactions

Part D: Banking

Part E: Foreign Trade

Part F: Termination and Winding Up