Dr Guy Powles

Publications

2009

Dr Powle's article on Tongan reform is available to download from SSRN at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1349476

'Accommodating monarchy and representative government: Tonga's political reform process' (2009) 24(3) Pacific Economic Bulletin 31-38

'Legal studies on the Pacific' in Rose S, Quanchi M and Moore C (eds) A National Strategy for the Study of the Pacific, Report to Commonwealth Government of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies, Brisbane November 2009 pp19, 49, 60  

2008

'Constitutional change in Tonga'  (with Taumoepeau A), presented on authors' behalf  at the Conference of Australiasian Law Reform Agencies ALRAC  2008, University of South Pacific, Port Villa, September 2008

2007

'Constitutions and people's values: Changing the constitution of Tonga' in Tonga and the Tongans: Heritage and Identity, eds Elizabeth Wood-Ellen, Tonga Research Association, Alphington Victoria, pp25-45

'Testing tradition in Tonga: Approaches to constitutional change', Revue Juridique Polynesienne (Polynesian Law Review) (2007)13, Association of Comparative Legislation of the Countries of the Pacific, Tahiti French Polynesia, pp. 111-141
http://www.upf.pf/IMG/pdf/08-powles.pdf 
SSRN link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1349476

'The road to political reform in Tonga' (with Taumoepeau, A.), Executive Power and the Battle for Parliamentary Confidence in the Pacific Islands, School of Law, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 21-23 September 2007, pp1-12

'Youth access to justice in South East Melbourne', A discussion paper (with Taylor, D), 2007 Springvale Monash Legal Service and South Pacific Foundation of Victoria, pp 23

'Naoero Ituga' Report of the Nauru Constitutional Review Commission (with Thoma, R. & Keke, L.D.), Yaren, Republic of Nauru, pp1-254

2006

'Preface: Approaching customary law' in Benton R A (ed) Conversing with the Ancestors: Conceptions and Institutions in Polynesian Customary Law, Te Matahauariki Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton pp v-x

2005

'The challenge of law reform in Pacific Island states' in Opeskin B and Weisbrot D (eds) The promise of Law Reform (2005) Federation Press pp 404-421

'Chiefly systems and Pacific Island constitutions: Comparative trends relevant for Samoan studies' (2005) 1  The Journal of Samoan Studies Vol 1 Institute of Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, Apia pp 119-140

'Which way for Pacific Islands law?: Policy development in culturally sensitive areas'. Presented at conference on  Peace, Justice and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Region, University of Queensland, March- April 2005, pp 21

'Options for constitutional change in the South Pacific: Some thoughts on approach and method'. Proceedings of Conference of Pacific Island Legal Officers, Port Vila, Sept 2005, pp 31-52

2003

'Customary law systems and the Pacific Island state: The search for workable relationships' in Muckle A, (ed) Vol 2 The New Pacific Review, La Nouvelle Revue Du Pacifique, Issue 1, L'etat des Etats: Pacific Island States Today, Centre for the Contemporary Pacific, ANU Canberra, pp 263-288 

2002

'Samoa' in Kritzer H M (ed) Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia Vol IV, ABC-CLIO, Wisconsin pp 1394-1400

2001

Magistrates' Manual of Papua New Guinea (with Hill E) (2001) Law Book Co, Sydney pp 475

(Ed) Legal Issues in the Pacific Region: The role of law in social, political and regional change, Pacific Comparative Law class, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melb pp 553

(Ed) Researching customary law: A collection of papers, Customary Law class, School of Law, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila pp502

2000

'Courts and legal systems' and 'Human rights' pp317-319 and  'The Development of the Constitution of Tonga' (with Wood-Ellem E) pp323-324 in Lal,B and Fortune K (eds) The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia (2000) University of Hawaii Press