Small States in a Legal World

Part I. 2015 Keynote Lecture

1. Small Pacific Island States and the Catastrophe of Climate Change
Geoffrey Palmer

Part II. Small States: Challenges and Adventures in Law

2. Competition Law and Policy in Small States
Lino Briguglio

3. Small States in the UNSC and the EU: Structural Weaknesses and Ability to Influence
Baldur Thorhallsson

4. The Impact of EU Law in Luxembourg: Does Size Matter?
Michèle Finck

5. The Taxation of Small States and the Challenge of Commonality
Ann Mumford

6. The Ongoing Legal Status of Low-Lying States in the Climate-Changed Future
Alberto Costi, Nathan Jon Ross

7. Small States, Colonial Rule and Democracy
Derek O’Brien

8. Legal Pluralism and Politics in Samoa: The Faamatai, Monotaga and the Samoa Electoral Act 1963
Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni

Part III. The Legal Profession in Small States: Education, Practice and Regulation

9. Legal Education and the Profession in Three Mixed/Micro Jurisdictions: Malta, Jersey, and Seychelles
Seán Patrick Donlan, David Marrani, Mathilda Twomey, David Edward Zammit

10. On Law, Legal Elites and the Legal Profession in a (Biggish) Small State: Cyprus
Nikitas E. Hatzimihail

11. Choices for the South Pacific Region’s Bar Associations and Law Societies?
Nilesh N. Bilimoria

Keywords: Law, Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations, International Relations, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts