03477nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001500153072001600168072002300184072001500207100007200222245014800294250001800442264007200460300004300532336002600575337002600601338003600627347002400663505043500687520141501122650002402537650002402561650001802585650002302603650002902626650002402655650002402679650001602703650003102719650003102750710003402781773002602815776003602841776003602877776003602913856004602949978-981-97-2946-3DE-He21320251030112859.0cr nn 008mamaa240819s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898197294637 a10.1007/978-981-97-2946-32doi 4aK3154-3370 7aLND2bicssc 7aLAW0180002bisacsh 7aLND2thema1 aKama, Bal.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aRethinking Judicial Power in Papua New Guineah[electronic resource] :bA Mandate for Activism in a Transformative Constitution /cby Bal Kama.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIX, 208 p. 1 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aIntroduction -- Decolonisation and a ‘Home-Grown’ Constitution -- The Colonial Justice Systems: Methods and Influence -- A Transformative Constitution for Papua New Guinea -- Case Studies: Tensions and Constitutional Crises -- Rethinking the Doctrine of Separation of Powers -- Judges as Guardians of Papua New Guinea’s Democracy -- Maintaining the Liberal Character of the Judiciary: Challenges and Impetuses -- Conclusion.  aThis book examines the role and nature of the judiciary in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the first comprehensive study since the country's independence in 1975. It challenges the traditional view of the judiciary as solely a legal entity, arguing for its broader social and political functions. Critiquing assumptions inherited from British and Australian colonial thinking, it discusses how decolonisation has redefined judicial power, enabling courts to have a more transformative role. Introducing transformative constitutionalism into Australian-Pacific legal thinking, the book argues that PNG has a transformative constitution defined by its intent for reform, extensive Charter of Rights, and a liberal judiciary—features not found in other Pacific constitutions. Given the region's challenges such as corruption, political instability, and climate change, the book advocates for a more proactive role for the judiciary. It proposes a re-evaluation of the classical tripartite doctrine of separation of powers, advocating for a quadripartite model in PNG where the judiciary has a broader reformative function and the independent constitutional institutions constitute a fourth arm of government. This work makes important contributions to understandings of judicial power and constitutional law as well as other fields including comparative constitutional studies, legal history and decolonial scholarship. 0aConstitutional law. 0aAdministrative law. 0aPublic law . 0aPolitical science. 0aSoutheast AsiaxHistory.14aConstitutional Law.24aAdministrative Law.24aPublic Law.24aGovernance and Government.24aHistory of Southeast Asia.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981972945608iPrinted edition:z978981972947008iPrinted edition:z978981972948740uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2946-3