Professor Emerita Jennifer Corrin
Professor Emerita
TC Beirne School of Law
Professor Emerita Jennifer Corrin researches law reform and development in plural legal regimes and legal issues affecting small states. She is a former Australian Research Council Future Fellow and in 2019 was a short-term Visiting Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. Professor Emerita Corrin has participated in a number of research grant projects including an ARC Discovery Grant, which investigated means of better managing the flow of public finances and people across Australia's international borders; and work on environmental issues in Solomon Islands, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. Most recently she has been co-investigator in a project concerning the inclusion of women's voices in marine resource management in the Pacific, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK).
Professor Emerita Jennifer Corrin has published in the areas of legal pluralism, comparative law, South Pacific law, customary law, human rights, court systems, evidence, civil procedure, family law, land law, constitutional law and contract. She is the author of Contract Law in the South Pacific and co-author of Introduction to South Pacific Law (heading for its 5th edition), Courts and Civil Procedure in the South Pacific and Proving Customary Law in the Common Law Courts of the South Pacific. In 2019, she co-edited and wrote several chapters in a book on adoption in plural legal regimes. Her latest publication is the co-edited book, Legal Systems of the Pacific: Introducing Sixteen Gems.
Before joining The University of Queensland, Professor Emerita Corrin spent six years at the University of the South Pacific, having joined the Faculty after nine years in her own legal firm in Solomon Islands. She retains strong links with the profession and is a life member of Solomon Islands Bar Association. Professor Emerita Corrin's memberships include the Australian Academy of Law, the Board of the Commission on Legal Pluralism, the Executive Committee of the Australian Law Academics Association, and titular membership of the International Academy of Comparative Law. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Legal Pluralism, a member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of South Pacific Law, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Comparative Law Journal and of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law
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Assessing the Impact of Public Finances on the PNG-Australia Borderland ARC Discovery Project |
2016–2018 |
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Towards a New Legal Pluralism: ARC Future Fellowship |
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Customary law in South Pacific Legal systems Arts and Humanities Research Council |
2020–2021 |
Publications
Books
Corrin, Jennifer and Narokobi, Vergil (2022). Introduction to South Pacific Law. 5th ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Intersentia.
Corrin, Jennifer (2020). Contract law in the South Pacific. 2nd ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Intersentia.
Corrin, Jennifer and Paterson, Don (2017). Introduction to South Pacific Law. 4th ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Intersentia.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Bamford, David Newton (2015). Courts and Civil Procedure in the South Pacific. 2nd ed. Mortsel, United Kingdom: Intersentia Uitgevers NV.
Corrin, Jennifer and Paterson, Don (2011). Introduction to South Pacific law. 3rd ed. South Yarra, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan.
Corrin, J. (2007). Introduction to South Pacific Law. 2nd ed. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge Cavendish.
Corrin Care, J. (2004). Civil procedure and courts in the South Pacific. London, United Kingdom: Cavendish Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781843145592
Zorn, J. and Corrin Care, J. (2002). Proving customary law in the common law courts of the South Pacific. Occasional Paper 2 ed. London: The British Institute of International & Comparative Law.
Corrin Care, J. (2001). Contract law in the South Pacific. 1 ed. UK: Cavendish Publishing.
Corrin-Care, Jennifer, Newton, Tess and Paterson, Donald (1999). Introduction to South Pacific law. London: Routledge-Cavendish. doi: 10.4324/9781843140092
Book Chapters
Corrin, Jennifer (2024). Solomon Islands. The 2023 International Review of Constitutional Reform. (pp. 339-342) edited by Luis Roberto Barroso. Austin, TX, United States: The University of Texas.
Corrin, Jennifer (2023). Legal regulation of same sex relationships in Pacific island countries: A conflict of values. International survey of family law. (pp. 307-319) edited by Robin Fretwell Wilson and June Carbone. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Intersentia.
Corrin, Jennifer (2021). Kiribati. Legal Systems of the Pacific: Introducing Sixteen Gems. (pp. 93-117) edited by Jennifer Corrin and Tony Angelo. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Intersentia.
Forrest, Craig and Corrin, Jennifer (2020). Oceania. The Oxford handbook of international cultural heritage law. (pp. 860-877) edited by Francesco Francioni and Ana Filipa Vrdoljak . Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780198859871.003.0036
Corrin, Jennifer (2020). Contesting the treaty. Too close to ignore: Australia's Borderland with PNG and Indonesia. (pp. 55-94) edited by Mark Moran and Jodie Curth-Bibb. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Melbourne University Publishing.
Corrin, Jennifer (2020). Constitutionalism and customary laws in Solomon Islands. Debating legal pluralism and constitutionalism: new trajectories for legal theory in the global age. (pp. 273-304) edited by Guillaume Tusseau. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-34432-0_9
Farran, Sue and Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Introduction. The plural practice of adoption in Pacific island states. (pp. 1-13) edited by Jennifer Corrin and Sue Farran. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95077-8_1
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Transplant shock: the hazards of introducing statutes of general application. Legal transplants in East Asia and Oceania. (pp. 34-62) edited by Vito Breda. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108605991.003
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). South Pacific island states. The Oxford handbook of International law in Asia and the Pacific. (pp. 733-765) edited by Simon Chesterman, Hisashi Owada and Ben Saul. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Papua New Guinea: State and Customary Laws and the Underlying Law of Papua New Guinea: A Family Law Conundrum. International Survey of Family Law 2019. (pp. 239-260) edited by Margaret Brinig. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Intersentia. doi: 10.1017/9781780689319.017
Mulitalo Seumanutafa, Teleiai Lalotoa and Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Plural procedures for adoption and ‘Vae Tama’ in Samoa. The plural practice of adoption in Pacific Island states. (pp. 87-106) edited by Jennifer Corrin and Sue Farran. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95077-8_5
Kanairara, Philip and Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Adoption in Solomon Islands. The plural practice of adoption in Pacific island states. (pp. 107-128) edited by Jennifer Corrin and Sue Farran. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95077-8_6
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). An embarrassment of riches: assessing the merits of plural dispute resolution options in Solomon Islands. La rencontre des systèmes juridiques autochtones et étatiques: confrontation ou coopération? The intersection of Indigenous Laws and State Law: confrontation or cooperation?. (pp. 73-124) edited by Ghislain Otis. Quebec City, Canada: Presses de l'Université Laval.
Corrin, Jennifer and Farran, Sue (2018). The law on adoption in Vanuatu. The plural practice of adoption in Pacific island states. (pp. 147-169) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95077-8_8
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2017). Human rights are not our business: legal pluralism and the South Pacific's constitutional conundrum. Pluralisme juridique et droits fondamentaux. (pp. 83-97) edited by Fabrice Hourquebie. Bordeaux, France: Fondation Varenne.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). Beyond recognition: promoting Indigenous peoples and their laws in the South Pacific. Constitutional recognition of First Peoples in Australia: theories and comparative perspectives. (pp. Unknown-Unknown) edited by Simon Young, Jennifer Nielsen and Jeremy Patrick. Sydney, Australia: Federation Press.
Corrin, Jennifer and Teng, Benjamin (2016). Solomon Islands: Negotiating the Pluralistic Family Law Regimes in the Solomon Islands. The International Survey of Family Law: 2016 Edition. (pp. 427-455) edited by Bill Atkin and Fareda Banda. London, United Kingdom: Jordon Publishing Limited.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). Solomon Islands. Encyclopedia of law and religion. (pp. 558-562) edited by Gerhard Robbers and Cole Durham. Leiden, Boston: Brill. doi: 10.1163/2405-9749_elr_COM_00000100
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). The rights of the child in solomon islands' plural legal system. The rights of the child in a changing world. (pp. 263-292) edited by Jancic and Olga Cvejic. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-23189-1
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Cappa, Clare L. (2015). Resolution of Family Disputes in Fiji and Samoa. The International Survey of Family Law. (pp. 75-94) edited by Bill Atkin. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol Family Law.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Foote, Eleanor (2014). Failing to adopt a new approach: the law of adoption in Solomon Islands. The International Survey of Family Law. (pp. 435-456) edited by Bill Atkin. Bristol, United Kingdom: International Society of Family Law.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Finding the law on adoption in Vanuatu. The International Survey of Family Law: 2013 Edition. (pp. 399-412) edited by Bill Atkin and Fareda Banda. Bristol, United Kingdom: Family Law.
Corrin, Jennifer (2013). Cultural relativism vs universalism: the South Pacific reality. The universalism of human rights. (pp. 103-125) edited by Rainer Arnold. Dortrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4510-0_6
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Mulitalo, Lalotoa (2012). Samoa: reform of maintenance and divorce laws in Samoa: appropriate for the 'Aiga'?. The international survey of family law. (pp. 283-298) edited by Bill Atkin. Bristol, U.K.: Family Law.
Corrin, Jennifer (2012). Protection des ressources naturelles aux Îles Salomon: Pour une extension du rôle du droit coutumier et des autorités coutumières. L'intégration de la coutume dans l'élaboration de la norme environnementale. (pp. 315-x) edited by Carine David and Nadège Meyer. Paris, France: Bruylant.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Mulitalo, Lalatoa (2011). Adoption and 'Vae Tama' in Samoa. International survey of family law. (pp. 313-334) edited by Bill Atkin. Bristol: Jordan Publishing.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2010). Customary land in Solomon Islands: a victim of legal pluralism. Droit Foncier Et Gouvernance Judiciaire Dans Le Pacifique: Land Law and Governance in the South Pacific. (pp. 361-376) edited by Anthony Angelo and Yves-louis Sage. Wellington, New Zealand: Revue Jurique polynesienne.
Corrin Care, Jennifer (2009). 'Is it well with the child?': Custody of children in small South Pacific states. International Survey of Family Law. (pp. 469-489) edited by Bill Atkin. New Zealand: International Society of Family Law.
Corrin Care, Jennifer (2009). Solomon Islands. Pacific ways: Government and politics in Pacific Islands. (pp. 212-220) edited by Stephen Levine. New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
Jennifer Corrin (2008). Resolving land disputes in Samoa. Making land work. (pp. 199-221) edited by Theo Levantis, Marjorie Sullivan, Peter O'Connor, John Munro and Steven Wawrzonek. Canberra, Australia: AusAID.
Corrin, J. (2008). Getting a Fair Share: Financial Relief on Breakdown of Marriage in Samoa. International Survey of Family Law. (pp. 297-316) edited by Bill Atkin. Bristol, United Kingdom: Jordan Publishing.
Duke, Norm, Udy, James, Albert, Simon, Love, Mark, Ross, Annie, Tibbetts, Ian., Roelfsema, Chris, Neil, David, Marion, Guy, Prange, Joelle, Corrin-Care, Jennifer, Carter, William, Dart, Peter and Hough, Sean (2007). The UQ Marovo Experience: Science-based support for community management of marine resources. Conserving the marine biodiversity of Marovo Lagoon: Development of environmental management initiatives that will conserve the marine biodiversity and productivity of Marova Lagoon, Solomon Islands. (pp. 11-27) edited by N. C. Duke, J. W. Udy, S. Albert, M. Love, A. Ross, I. R. Tibbetts, C. Roelfsema, D. T. Neil, G. Marion, J. Corrin Care, W. Carter, P. Dart and S. Hough. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Love, M., Corrin-Care, J., Ross, A., Albert, S., Tibbetts, I., Udy, J., Roelfsema, C. and Duke, N. (2007). Lessons learned, future directions and recommendations. Conserving the marine biodiversity of Marovo Lagoon: Development of environmental management initiatives that will conserve the marine biodiversity and productivity of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. (pp. 129-141) edited by N. C. Duke, J. W. Udy, S. Albert, M. Love, A. Ross, I. R. Tibbetts, C. Roelfsema, D. T. Neil, G. Marion, J. Corrin Care, W. Carter, P. Dart and S. Hough. St Lucia, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Love, M., Ross, A. C. and Corrin-Care, J. (2007). Strengthening community capacity. Conserving the marine biodiversity of Marovo Lagoon: Development of environmental management initiatives that will conserve the marine biodiversity and productivity of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. (pp. 85-97) edited by Norm Duke, James Udy, Simon Albert, Mark Love, Annie Ross, Ian Tibbetts, Chris Roelfsma, David Neil, Guy Marion, Joelle Prange, Jennifer Corrin-Care, William Carter, Peter Dart and Sean Hough. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland.
Corrin Care, J (2006). Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Women, Religion and Law in Solomon Islands. Mixed Blessings: Law, Religions, and Women's Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 101-128) edited by Amanda Whiting and Carolyn Evans. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Corrin Care, J. (2006). For better or worse: Marriage and divorce laws in the Kingdom of Tonga. International Survey of Family Law 2007. (pp. 291-307) edited by Atkin, B.. Bristol, United Kingdom: Jordan Publishing Limited.
Corrin Care, J. and Brown, K (2005). For better or worse: Marriage and divorce laws in solomon islands. International Survey of Family Law 2005. (pp. 483-501) edited by A. Bainham. UK: International Society of Family Law.
Corrin Care, Jennifer (2005). The search for a more appropriate form of government in the solomon islands. Unfinished constitutional business? : Rethinking indigenous self-determination. (pp. 159-169) edited by Barbara Ann Hocking. Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Jennifer Corrin and Kenneth Brown (2005). For Better or Worse: Marriage and Divorce Laws in Solomon Island. International Survey of Family Law. (pp. 483-501) edited by Bainham. UK: International Society of Family Law.
Forrest, Cragi and Corrin, Jennifer (2001). Oceania. The Oxford Handbook of International Cultural Heritage Law. (pp. 860-877) edited by Francesco Francioni and Ana Filipa Vrdoljak. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Corrin, Jennifer (2024). Adjectival pluralism: procedure and proof in the courts of Vanuatu. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 30 4, 59-84.
Corrin, Jennifer (2023). Another day in court for Tokelau. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 29, 71-84.
Corrin, Jennifer (2023). The impact of custom on criminal proceedings in Pacific Island countries. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 28 3, 29-46.
Corrin, Jennifer and Owens, Katherine (2023). Editorial: South Pacific Islands’ jurisprudence on climate, environment, natural resources and land tenure. Journal of South Pacific Law, 25 (2023), 1-7.
Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Turning back the clock: the Cook Islands Amendment Act. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 28, 83-92.
Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Comment ça va? The status of French laws in Vanuatu. The American Journal of Comparative Law, 70 (2), 275-317. doi: 10.1093/ajcl/avac033
Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Vale Professor Paterson: The End of an Era!. Journal of South Pacific Law, 23 (1) 1, 1-10.
Farran, Sue and Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Comparative perspectives on plural legal governance of marine resources in the Pacific. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 27, 33-56.
Manaka, Martha and Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Legal pluralism and the Public Solicitor’s Office of Solomon Islands. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 53 (3), 397-406. doi: 10.1080/07329113.2021.2004829
Farran, Sue and Corrin, Jennifer (2021). Torres Straits Islanders lead the way in legislating for Kupai Omasker in the Pacific. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 33 (1).
Corrin, Jennifer (2021). Crossing the border from custom to contract: legal pluralism and Pacific Islands’ contract laws. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 21 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/14729342.2021.1876349
Corrin, Jennifer (2021). Legal Scholarship and Pacific Islands' Jurisprudence. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 26, 139-162.
Corrin, Jennifer and Baines, Graham (2020). Land tenure in Solomon Islands: past, present and future. Canterbury Law Review, 27 (2020), 57-79.
Corrin, Jennifer (2020). On the borderline: who is a "traditional Inhabitant" under the Torres Strait Treaty?. Law and Development Review, 13 (1), 1-29. doi: 10.1515/ldr-2019-0002
Corrin, Jennifer and Young, Simon (2019). Constitutional promises of indigenous recognition: Canada, Vanuatu and the challenges of pluralism. Common Law World Review, 48 (4), 233-265. doi: 10.1177/1473779519891623
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Tokelau's day in court. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, Hors Serie Volume XXIV, 141-146.
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). 'Worthy of Notice': The Legal System and Customary Laws in the Isle of Man. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, HS 23 (Supplement), 43-68.
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Dispute resolution options in Vanuatu: an extensive menu for a small state. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, XXIII (Hors Serie: Small States: A Collection of Essays), 139-162.
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Plurality and punishment: competition between state and customary authorities in Solomon Islands. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 51 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/07329113.2018.1540121
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). 'Worthy of Notice': The Legal System and Customary Laws in the Isle of Man. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, XXIV (Hors Serie: Small Countries: A Collection of Essays), 43-67.
Corrin, Jennifer (2018). Administrative law and customary law in Papua New Guinea. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 18 (2), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/14729342.2018.1537994
Corrin, Jennifer (2017). Exploring the deep: looking for deep legal pluralism in the South Pacific. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 48 (2017), 305-322.
Aroney, Constantine N. and Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2017). Endemic Revolution Revisited: HLA Hart, Custom and the Constitutions. LAWASIA Journal
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2017). A Gentleman and a Scholar. Journal of South Pacific Law, 2016 Special Guy Powles Edition, 147-150.
Farran, Sue and Corrin, Jennifer (2016). Developing legislation to formalise customary land management: deep legal pluralism or a shallow veneer?. Law and Development Review, 10 (1), 1-27. doi: 10.1515/ldr-2016-0017
Bartlett, Francesca and Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). Representative or the Same? Representative rule and class actions in Queensland and Western Australia. Civil Justice Quarterly, 35 (1), 41-60.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). Searching for appropriate criminal evidence laws in the South Pacific. The International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 21 (3), 230-241. doi: 10.1177/1365712716677840
Corrin, Jennifer (2015). 'A Disfunctional Spouse': The Relevance of the Public or Private Dichotomy for Indigenous Customary Laws in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 21, 69-91.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). Offshore banking and confidentiality in Vanuatu. Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, 18, 131-155.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Mulitalo, Lalotoa (2015). Not 'mere window dressing': children's rights and adoption in Samoa. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 47 (2), 208-225. doi: 10.1080/07329113.2015.1085767
Sale, Peter F., Agardy, Tundi, Ainsworth, Carmeron H., Feist, Blake E., Bell, Johann D., Christie, Patrick, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Mumby, Peter J., Feary, David A., Saunders, Megan I., Daw, Tim M., Foale, Simon J., Levin, Phillip S., Lindeman, Kenyon C., Lorenzen, Kai, Pomeroy, Robert S., Allison, Edward H., Bradbury, R. H., Corrin, Jennifer, Edwards, Alasdair J., Obura, David O., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne J., Samoilys, Melita A. and Sheppard, Charles R. C. (2014). Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 85 (1), 8-23. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.005
Corrin, Jennifer (2014). 'Legal pluralism and development: scholars and practitioners in dialogue', by Brian Z. Tamanaha, Caroline Sage, and Michael Woolcock (eds). Lawasia Journal, 2014, 117-123.
Bartlett, Francesca and Corrin, Jennifer (2014). A flood of claims? Procedural and ethical issues in collective actions. Proctor, 34 (2), 26-29.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). Legal Pluralism and Development: Scholars and Practitioners in Dialogue. LawAsia Journal, 117-123.
Corrin, Jennifer (2014). Round pegs and square holes: pleading indigenous customary laws in Australia and the South Pacific. Civil Justice Quarterly, 33 (4), 475-493.
Corrin, Jennifer (2014). The root of the problem: carbon rights and natural resources issues in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 26.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). Getting down to business: developing the underlying law in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 2014 (2), 155-171. doi: 10.1080/07329113.2014.893126
Aroney, Nicholas and Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Endemic revolution: HLA Hart, custom and the constitution of the Fiji Islands. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 45 (3), 314-339. doi: 10.1080/07329113.2013.861725
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Responding to challenges to a Bank's Duty of Confidentiality in Offshore Finance Centres: The Vanuatu Example. Banking and Finance Law Review, 28 (2), 249-268.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Bartlett, Francesca (2013). Stemming the flood: procedural and ethical issues arising from potential flood litigation. Australian Law Journal, 87 (4), 250-258.
Forrest, Craig and Corrin, Jennifer (2013). Legal pluralism in the Pacific: Solomon Island's World War II heritage. International Journal of Cultural Property, 20 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1017/S0940739112000458
Corrin, Jennifer (2012). It takes two to tango, but three to commit adultery: A survey of the law on adultery in post-colonial South Pacific states. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 26 (2), 187-219. doi: 10.1093/lawfam/ebs002
Corrin, Jennifer (2011). Customary land in Solomon Islands: A victim of legal pluralism. Revue Juridique Polynesienne, 12 (Special Issue), 277-305.
Corrin, Jennifer (2011). Accommodating legal pluralism in Pacific Courts: Problems of proof. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 15 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1350/ijep.2011.15.1.366
Douglas, Heather and Corrin, Jennifer (2010). 'A Tragedy of Monumental Proportions': Indigenous Australians and the sentencing process. Social & Legal Studies, 19 (2), 197-215. doi: 10.1177/0964663909353141
Corrin, Jennifer (2010). A question of identity: Complexities of state law pluralism in the South Pacific. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 61 (1), 143-170.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2009). Bargaining with Bainimarama: The price of judicial appointment in Fiji. Proctor, 29 (6), 27-30.
Corrin, Jennifer (2009). Australia: Country report on human rights. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 40 (1), 37-55.
Corrin, Jennifer (2009). Judge or be judged: Accepting judicial appointment in an unlawful regime. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 16 (2 & 3), 191-209. doi: 10.1080/09695951003784787
Corrin, Jennifer (2009). Moving beyond the hierarchical approach to legal pluralism in the South Pacific. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 59, 29-48.
Corrin Care, Jennifer (2009). Discarding Relics of the Past: Patriation of Laws in the South Pacific. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 39 (4), 635-658.
Corrin, Jennifer. (2009). From horizontal and vertical to lateral: Extending the effect of human rights in post colonial legal systems of the South Pacific. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 58 (1), 31-71. doi: 10.1017/S0020589308000857
Corrin, Jennifer and Douglas, Heather (2008). Another Aboriginal death in custody: Uneasy alliances and tensions in the Mulrunji case. Legal Studies, 28 (4), 531-558. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-121X.2008.00097.x
Corrin, Jennifer (2008). Customary law and the language of the common law. Common Law World Review, 37 (4), 305-333. doi: 10.1350/clwr.2008.37.4.0176
Corrin, Jennifer (2008). Ples Bilong Mere*: Law, Gender and Peace-Building in Solomon Islands. Feminist Legal Studies, 16 (Number 2, August 2008), 169-194. doi: 10.1007/s10691-008-9095-0
J Corrin (2008). Land, Law Reform and the Faa-Samoa. LawAsia Journal, 2008, 31-46.
Corrin, J. (2007). Breaking the mould: Constitutional review in Solomon Islands. Revue Juridique Polynesienne, 13 (1), 143-168.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2006). A green stick or a fresh stick?: Locating customary penalties in the post-colonial era. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 6 (1), 27-60. doi: 10.1080/14729342.2006.11421464
Corrin Care, Jennifer (2006). Negotiating the constitutional conundrum: Balancing cultural identity with principles of gender equality in post-colonial South Pacific societies. The Indigenous Law Journal, 5 (Fall), 51-81.
Corrin, J C (2006). Finding the Right Balance in Plural Systems: Training Lawyers in the South Pacific. Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 4 (2), 171-186.
Corrin Care, J. and Zorn, J. (2005). Legislating for the application of customary law in Solomon Islands. Common Law World Review, 34 (2), 144-168.
Corrin Care, J. (2005). South Pacific law materials bibliography. Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 24 (1-2), 121-179. doi: 10.1300/J113v24n01_05
Brown, Kenneth and Corrin Care, Jennifer (2005). Putting asunder: Divorce and financial relief in Solomon Islands. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 5 (1), 85-111. doi: 10.1080/14729342.2005.11421451
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2005). Hemi go finis: Reform of civil procedure in Vanuatu. Asia Pacific Law Review, 13 (1), 19-46.
Corrin Care, J. and Brown, K. (2004). Marit long kastom: Marriage in the Solomon Islands. International Journal of Law Policy and the Family, 18 (1), 52-75.
Corrin Care, J. (2004). Reform of civil procedure in Vanuatu. Commonwealth Judicial Journal, 15 (3), 16-21.
Corrin Care, J. (2004). Review of Asia Pacific constitutional systems by Hassall & Saunders. Lawasia Journal, 2003/4, 129-135.
Corrin Care, J. (2004). South Pacific small island countries: Initiating civil proceedings. Australian Law Journal, 78 (10), 665-677.
Corrin Care, J. and Haller, L. R. (2004). In harmony or out of tune? Is advocates' immunity an appropriate principle in common law countries?. Journal of South Pacific Law, 8 (2), 1-36.
Corrin Care, J. (2004). Reconciling customary law and human rights in Melanesia. Hibernian Law Journal, 4 (1), 53-76.
Corrin Care, J. (2004). Review of 'A kind of mending: Restorative justice in the Pacific by Sinclair Dinnen. Journal of Pacific Studies, 27 (2), 298-302.
Zorn, J. and Corrin Care, J. (2002). Barava Tru: Judicial approaches to the pleading & proof of custom in the South Pacific. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 51 (3), 612-639. doi: 10.1093/iclq/51.3.611
Corrin Care, J. (2002). Wisdom & worthy customs: Customary law in the South Pacific. Reform, Autumn (80), 31-36.
Corrin Care, J. (2002). Challenges to the imposition of provincial business license fees in Solomon Islands. ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal, 17 (1), 102-139. doi: 10.1093/icsidreview/17.1.102
Zorn, J. and Corrin Care, J. (2002). Everything old is new again: The underlying Law Act of Papua New Guinea. Lawasia Journal (2002), 61-97.
Corrin Care, J. (2002). Cultures in conflict: The role of the common law in the south pacific. Journal of South Pacific Law, 6 (2), 1-28.
Corrin Care, J. (2002). Off the peg or made to measure: Is the Westminister system of government appropriate in Solomon Islands?. Alternative Law Journal, 27 (5), 207-211.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2001). South Pacific Island Legal Systems (Ntumy) Reviewed by J. Corrin Care. Journal of South Pacific Law, 5
Corrin Care, J. and Farran, S. (2001). Seductive company: Contract, tort or obligations in the South Pacific. UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 19 (1), 92-130.
Corrin Care, J. and Zorn, J. (2001). Legislating pluralism: Statutory developments in Melanesian customary law. Journal of Legal Pluralism & Unofficial Law, 46 (-), 49-101.
Corrin Care, J. (2001). Customary law in conflict. University of Queensland Law Journal, 21 (2), 167-177.
Brown, K and Corrin Care, J. (2001). More on democratic fundamentals in the Solomon Islands. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 32 (3), 653-671.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (1998). 'Civil procedure commentary and materials' by Colbran, S., Reinhardt, G., Spender, P., Jackson, S, and Douglas, R.. Journal of South Pacific Law, 2
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (1998). 'Legal Terms' by the Honourable Dr. Peter E. Nygh and Peter Butt. Journal of South Pacific Law, 2
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (1998). 'Guidelines for the assessment of general damages in personal injury cases', by the Judicial Studies Board. Journal of South Pacific Law, 2, n/a-n/a.
Corrin Care, Jennifer (1997). Rationality or intuition? The assessment of the quantum of damages for personal injuries in Solomon Islands. Revue Juridique Polynesienne, 3, 133-154.
Conference Papers
Corrin, Jennifer (2024). Legal pluralism provocations. Pluralising Legalities, Otago, New Zealand, 9 August 2024. University of Otago:
Corrin, Jennifer (2024). Family Law and the South Pacific: Plural and Mixed Family Law Systems. International Academy of Family Law Asia Pacific Chapter Meeting, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 22-25 February 2024.
Corrin, Jennifer (2023). Legal pluralism: facts and fantasies. Australian Law Academics Association Conference 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand, 6-8 July 202.
Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Pacific Islands' constitutional experiences. Indigenous Futures and New Zealand's Constitution, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 21-23 November 2022.
Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Legal scholarship in Oceania. Australian Law Academics Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 8-9 July 2022. Melbourne:
Corrin, Jennifer (2021). Legal scholarship and Pacific Islands' jurisprudence. Australian Law Academics Conference 2021, Online & Sydney, NSW Australia, 4-5 July 2021.
Corrin, Jennifer (2020). Crossing the border from custom to contract: legal pluralism and Pacific islands’ contract laws. In: New Perspectives on Indigenous Private Law. Indigenous Private Law Conference, Online, (). 4-5 December 2020.
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Decolonising the Law in Small Pacific Island States. Annual ALAA Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 3-5 July 2019. Southern Cross University:
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Customary land in Solomon Islands: marrying the past with the present. Customary Land Management: Sharing of Experiences, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 30 October 2019.
Corrin, Jennifer (2018). ‘Law and (dis)order in the borderlands’. EXTREME: Rethinking the Limits to Community, Architecture, and Urbanism, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 21-25 January 2018. Longyearbyen, Svalbard:
Corrin, Jennifer (2018). On the borderline: who is a ‘traditional inhabitant’ under the Torres Strait Treaty. In: Indigenous Law and State Law in Canada: Is Cooperative Legal Pluralism Possible?. Commission on Legal Pluralism Conference 2018, Ottawa, Canada, (). 22 - 24 August 2018.
Corrin. Jennifer (2018). A comparative perspective on the application of customary law in Canada and the South Pacific. In: Indigenous Law and State Law in Canada: Is Cooperative Legal Pluralism Possible?. Commission on Legal Pluralism Conference 2018, Ottawa, Canada, (). 22 - 24 August 2018.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2017). Empowering traditional leaders to manage natural resources in small Pacific states. Small Islands of the World Conference XV, Kangaroo Island, SA, Australia, 2-7 July 2017.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2017). Layers of law in the Borderlands. Annual Australasian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference 2017, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 5-8 July 2017.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). DISPELLING THE MYTHS OF LEGAL PLURALISM. Pasifika Law and Culture Conference: After Paris, After Winston, VUW Wellington, 4 to 6 July.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). Exploring The Deep: Looking For Strong Legal Pluralism In The South Pacific. ALTA Conference, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, NZ, 7-9 July 2016.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). Transplant Shock: The Hazards Of Introducing Statutes Of General Application. Legal Transplants in the 21st Century, USQ, Toowoomba, 24-25 November 2016.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). Constitutional recognition of Indigenous laws and institutions: lessons from Melanesia. The New Zealand Association for Comparative Law, Wellington, New Zealand, 10 February 2015.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). Constitutional recognition of Indigenous peoples and their laws in the South Pacific. Indigenous Australians and the Constitution Colloquium 2015, Toowoomba, Australia, 18 February 2015.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). An Embarrassment of Riches: Options for Dispute Resolution in Solomon Islands. International Conference of the Commission on Legal Pluralism, Bombay, India, 14 - 16 December 2015.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). Access to justice in Pacific small island developing states. ALTA 2015: Legal Education and Access to Justice, Melbourne, Australia, 16-18 July 2015.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). BALANCING INTERESTS IN THE RESOURCES SECTOR IN SMALL PACIFIC STATES. 28TH ANNUAL LAWASIA CONFERENCE, Sydney, 6-9 November 2015.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare and Forrest, Craig J. S. (2014). A model law to implement the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and its possible application in plural legal regimes in Pacific small islands states: a case study of Solomon Islands. Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural heritage, Hawaii, 12-16 May 2014.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). REPORT ON THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IN SOLOMON ISLANDS. International Academy of Comparative Law Congress, Vienna, 20-7-2014 to 27-7-2014.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). Comparison of the Situation of Indigenous Peoples and Customary Law in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Conference on Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law, Customary Senate, Noumea, New Caledonia, 29 October to 1 November 2014.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). 'A DISFUNCTIONAL SPOUSE': THE RELEVANCE OF THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DICHOTOMY FOR CUSTOMARY LAWS IN SOLOMON ISLANDS AND VANUATU. Law and Society Conference, The University of Queensland, December 2014.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). ROUND PEGS AND SQUARE HOLES: PLEADING INDIGENOUS CUSTOMARY LAWS IN AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Civil Justice Research and Teaching Conference, University of Tasmania, 17 and 18 February.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). ACCOMMODATING INDIGENOUS CUSTOMARY LAWS IN STATE LEGAL SYSTEMS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. World Indigenous Legal Conference, QUT, 25 to 27 June.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Governance of natural resources: bridging the divide between state law and custom in Melanesia. IUAES Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds, Manchester, United Kingdom, 5-10 August.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Keeping It Civil: The Application of French and English Laws in Vanuatu. Australasian Law Teachers Conference, Canberra, 29 September to 1 October.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Who is an Islander. Identity and Belonging Workshop, University of Edinburgh, 16th to 17th May.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Some Issues Arising from Legal Pluralism. Staff Seminar, Buckingham University Law School, 31 May.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS: DEVELOPING THE UNDERLYING LAW IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Underlying Law Act, Port Moresby, 15 to 17 October 2013.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2012). Responding to Challenges to a Bank's Duty of Confidentiality in Offshore Finance Centres: the Vanuatu Example. Small Islands of the World Conference XII, British Virgin Islands, 28 May to 1 June 2012.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2012). Family Law in Samoa. Australasian Law Teachers Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1-4 July 2012.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2011). Constitutional Recognition Of Indigenous Customary Laws In Small Islands States Of The South Pacific: A Model For Canada?. University of Ottawa Civl Law Section Staff Seminar, University of Ottawa, 9 June 2011.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2011). The Interaction Of Formal Law And Customary Law And Issues Of Identity In Canada And The South Pacific. ALTA Conference, Brisbane Australia, 3-6 July 2011.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2011). A Constitutional Conundrum: Reconciling Human Rights and Customary Law in the South Pacific. Australian Association Of Women Judges Conference, Brisbane Australia, 6 August 2011.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2011). How Do the Courts Deal with Land Matters?. State-Supported Community Justice Workshop, Honiara, Solomon Islands, 26-28 October 2011.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2011). What You Need to Know About Doing Business in Solomon Islands: The Legal Aspects. 3rd Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum, Brisbane Australia, 21 October 2011.
Corrin Care, Jennifer (2008). 'Only skin deep? Law reform and the reality of human rights in the South Pacific'. Australasian Law Reform Conference 2008, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 10-12 September 2008. not available: not available.
Corrin, J. and Douglas, H. A. (2007). Uneasy alliances and tensions in the Mulrunji case. 2007 International Conference of the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand: Markings: Sites of Analysis, Discipline, Interrogation, Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 November 2007. not found: not found.
Corrin Care, J (2006). Issues in South Pacific training. Australia in the Pacific - Pacific in Australia, Brisbane, Australia, 24-27 January, 2006. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology.
Corrin Care, J. (2005). Pluralism and penalties. 60th Annual Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference: One Law for All?, Hamilton, New Zealand, 5-8 July 2005. Lindfield, Australia: Australasian Law Teachers Association.
Corrin Care, J. (2005). Legal representation, training and legislative drafting in smaller jurisdictions. Commonwealth Law Conference, London, United Kingdom, 11-15 September, 2005.
Corrin Care, J. (2005). Breaking the mould: Review and patriation of laws in the Solomon Islands. Constitutional Renewal in the Pacific Islands, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 26-28 August, 2005.
Corrin Care, J. (2003). Reconciling customary law and human rights in Melanesia. Annual Conference of Irish Association of Law Teachers, Galway, Ireland, 25-27 April 2003. Ireland: Irish Association of Law Teachers.
Newspaper Article
Corrin, Jennifer (2013, 05 03). The application of international human rights standards relating to the rights of the child in the South Pacific ILA Reporter: The official blog of the International Law Association (Australia) 1-2.
Seminar Papers
Corrin, Jennifer (2024). Land law and carbon rights in Soloman Islands. Annual retreat/workshop. NAKAU.
Corrin, Jennifer (2023). Legal Aspects of Marine Resource Management in Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands Bar Association.
Corrin, Jennifer (2023). Women's Voices in Management of Marine Resources in Solomon Islands. Staff Seminar Series. Centre for Marine Study, School of Biological Sciences, Solomon Islands National University.
Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Ten things you might not know about family law in the South Pacific. International Association of Family Lawyers.
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). Extending the application of human rights against traditional authorities in Pacific Island countries. School of Law, Oxford Brookes University.
Corrin, Jennifer (2019). On the borderline: who is a ‘Traditional Inhabitant’ under the Torres Strait Treaty?. Faculty of Law, Victoria University Wellington.
Corrin, Jennifer and Forrest, Craig (2016). Wrecks and Relics: Emerging Heritage in Solomon Islands. UQ Anthropology Museum Seminar Series. UQ Anthropology Museum.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2016). Legal Pluralism and Law Reform. LEGAL PLURALISM and LAW REFORM. Apia, Samoa.
Jennifer Corrin (2016). Legal Pluralism and Law Reform. LEGAL PLURALISM and LAW REFORM. Apia, Samoa.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). Legal Pluralism and Law Reform. Workshop for Solomon Islands Law Reform Commission. Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). Trials and Tribulations: Law and Courts in Solomon Islands. Centre for Public International and Comparative Law and UQSIP Seminar Series. UQ.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2015). Human rights are not our business: legal pluralism and the South Pacific's constitutional conundrum. USP Law School Staff Seminar. Emalus Camous, Vanuatu.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). Human Rights Are Not Our Business: Legal Pluralism and the South Pacific's Constitutional Conundrum. State of Indigenous Legal Cultures: Law in Search of Legitimacy Symposium. Université de Bordeaux.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2014). Written Constitutions, Human Rights and Customary Law. The 21st Pacific Judicial Conference - Equal Access to Justice. New Zealand.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2013). Getting to Know Legal Pluralism. The State and Indigenous Legal Cultures: SSRHC Project Training Program. University of Ottawa.
Research Reports
Corrin, Jennifer (2022). Multicultural populations and mixed legal systems: national report on Vanuatu. Asuncion, Paraguay: International Academy of Comparative Law.
Edge, Peter W., Corrin, Jennifer and de Than, Claire (2019). Appointment and Removal of the Head of Government of the Kiribati Republic
. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford Brookes University.
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2012). Analysis of REDD+ and forest carbon rights: Solomon Islands. Fiji: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Corrin, Jennifer Clare (2012). Analysis of REDD+ and forest carbon rights: Vanuatu. Fiji: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Corrin, Jennifer, Bennett, Sarah-Jane and Chen, Alison (2010). Report on: Pleading and proof of indigenous customary law in Queensland courts. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland.
Albert, S., Corrin, J., Ross, A., Tibbetts, T., Buckius, C., Cohen, T., Gibbes, B., Grinham, A., Kvennefors, C., Verlinden, N. and Udy, J. (2010). Community management systems to protect marine ecosystems of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. Final report to The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Not available:
Reference Entries
Corrin Care, J (2006). Fiji.
Corrin Care, J (2006). Solomon Islands.
Corrin Care, J. (2002). Solomon Islands.
Corrin Care, J. (2002). Fiji Islands.