Series: Hart Studies on Judging and the Courts

This book explores the use of foreign judges on courts of constitutional jurisdiction in nine Pacific states: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. We often assume that the judges sitting on domestic courts will be citizens. However, across the island states of the Pacific, over three-quarters of all judges are foreign judges who...