Dr Guy Powles

Research Interests

Comparative Law
Constitutional Law
Human Rights
Legal Ethics
Legal History
Pacific Islands/South Pacific
Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

No current projects

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

Chiefs, the state and the maintenance of traditional authority in Vanuatu and Samoa

Editorial Boards

Editorial Board, International Journal of the Legal Profession (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London), Carfax Publishing, Basingstoke, UK.

International Advisory Board, Journal of South Pacific Law (School of Law, University of the South Pacific) available on USP web-site at: http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj

Grants and Commissions

NZAID and AusAID funded commission to advise Tonga Constitutional Electoral Commission, March - October 2009
UNDP funded member of the Nauru Constitutional Review Commission, Report submitted to Cabinet February 2007
AusAID funded Access to Laws program to research PNG law and practice, consult with local magistrates and write (with Hill, E) the 'Magistrates' Manual of Papua New Guinea' (2001) Law Book Co

Publications

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2010