Commercial Law in the South Pacific

Professor Mohammed L. Ahmadu is Vice Chancellor at Rayhaan University, Birnin Kebbi. As Professor of Law with research interests in information technology, commercial, corporate and human rights laws, amongst others, he is widely published locally and internationally, and has engaged in numerous international consultancies. He had also served as Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Justice and Applied Legal Studies and earlier as Assistant to the Head of School at the University of the South Pacific (USP), School of Law in Oceania. During his time at USP, he wrote the first edition to Commercial Law and Practice in the South Pacific with the late Professor Robert A. Hughes. He also held the position of Pro Vice Chancellor, Emalus Campus, USP.Dr Bridget Fa’amatuainu is a Law academic in the School of Law at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), who completed a PhD under the supervision of a leading torts lawyer and theorist of private law. Bridget is committed to engaging in critical legal, queer and feminist scholarship to elevate the voice and lived experiences of gender diverse communities, seeking to unravel and transform laws. Bridget’s research and supervision interests include law reform with an emphasis on pacific (e.g. Talanoa) and indigenous research methodology and theory in gender and equity legal research, private law and decolonial legal pedagogy.

• Acknowledgements List of abbreviationsTable of CasesTable of LegislationPart A: The Legal Structures of Commerce1. Partnership2. The Partnership Agreement and Partnership Interests3. Trusts4. Express Trusts5. Companies6. Capitalisation of Companies7. Cooperatives, Credit Unions and Incorporated SocietiesPart B: Control And Management of Commercial Entities 8. Relations Between Partners9. The Trustee10. Management of CompaniesPart C: Commercial Transactions 11. Sale of Goods12. Bills of Sale, Finance Leases and Hire Purchase13. Insurance ContractsPart D: Banking 14. Basic Principles of Banking15. Banking Regulation and Prudential Supervision16. Bills of Exchange, Cheques and Promissory Notes17. Documentary or Commercial Credit18. Digital CurrencyPart E: Termination and Winding Up 19. Bankruptcy20. Partnership Dissolution and Expulsion21. Termination and Variation of Trusts22. Winding Up of Corporate EntitiesPart F: Foreign Trade 23. The World Trade Organisation24. Trips25. The Melanesian Spearhead Group26. The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations27. Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement28. The Cotonou Agreement29. The South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement30. Electronic CommerceIndex