ABSTRACT
This chapter is devoted to a description and discussion of the various methods that have been adopted for resolving disputed claims to property in island countries of the South Pacific. The main methods that will be discussed are traditional processes, that is, chiefly decisions, the use of physical violence and conciliation; introduced institutions, that is, government administrators, commissions, ordinary courts, modified ordinary courts, special courts, tribunals; and combinations of methods. This will be followed by a discussion of some general issues relating to the resolution of disputed claims to property.
