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Law Library

Pacific Islands Legal Materials

Selected Bibliography of Library Holdings

Contents

1. Guam ........................................................................................................................................ 3

A. Constitution ..................................................................................................................................... 3

B. Statutes............................................................................................................................................ 4

Current ............................................................................................................................................. 4

Historical Laws ............................................................................................................................... 5

Guam Microfiche Collection ................................................................................................................. 4

C. Administrative Materials - General ................................................................................................. 7

D. Administrative Materials - Civil Service & Personnel Rules .......................................................... 8

E. Session Laws ................................................................................................................................... 9

F. Court Rules...................................................................................................................................... 10

G. Law Reports and Digests ................................................................................................................ 11

H. Legislative Materials ...................................................................................................................... 12

I. Electronic Media .............................................................................................................................. 12

J. Judicial Administration .................................................................................................................... 12

K. Periodicals ...................................................................................................................................... 12

L. Background Reports, Papers, Studies ............................................................................................. 13

2. American Samoa ................................................................................................................................... 14

3. Belau ........................................................................................................................................ 15

4. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas ............................................................................................ 16

5. Federated States of Micronesia ............................................................................................................. 19

A. Chuuk

B. Kosrae

C. Pohnpei

D. Yap

6. Kiribati ........................................................................................................................................ 20

7. Marshall Islands .................................................................................................................................... 20

8. Nauru ........................................................................................................................................ 21

9. Papua New Guinea................................................................................................................................ 21

Guam Law Library Pacific Islands Legal Materials - Selected Bibliography

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10. Solomon Islands .................................................................................................................................. 21

11. Tokelau ........................................................................................................................................ 21

12. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands .................................................................................................. 22

13. Tuvalu ........................................................................................................................................ 22

14. Vanuatu ........................................................................................................................................ 22

15. Other Jurisdictions .............................................................................................................................. 22

16. General Texts ..................................................................................................................................... 22


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1. GUAM 1898 - Ceded to United States by Spain 1950 - Organic Act of Guam 1968 - Elected governor and lieutenant governor A – GUAM CONSTITUTION: Guam does not have a constitution. The Organic Act of Guam, 64 Stat. 384, 48 U.S.C. 1421, et. seq. and related federal laws provide the framework for the government of Guam. Guam Code Annotated, Title 1, Organic Act of Guam and Related Federal Laws (annotated) Guam’s Delegate to Congress, 48 USC § 1711, et seq. Submerged land and Concurrent Jurisdiction, 48 USC § 1704, et. seq. Territorial Policies and General Provisions Constitution Authorization Act, Public Law 94-584, 94th Congress 90 Stat. 2899 (1976). Amended by §501, Act of Dec. 24, 1981, P.L. 96-597 (94 Stat. 3479). Decolonization Through Self-Determination of a People: An Overview of Guam’s Status & Options. (n.d. – newspaper insert)

The Draft “Guam Commonwealth Act”, Daniel Hill Zafren, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 30 pages, pamphlet. 1986

Federal Task Force Report-Guam’s Quest for Commonwealth. Pacific Sunday News Special Section , 1989, 23pp

Guam Constitutional Convention - 1977. The Territory of Guam, Agaña , Guam, 1979, 1452 pages, bound.

Guam’s Quest for Commonwealth. June 5, 1985. Tamuning, Guam, 8pp. (newspaper insert) Guam’s Quest for Commonwealth: The Draft Guam Commonwealth Act. June 11, 1986. Commission on Self-Determination, 11pp & Report Summary: Guam Commonwealth Bill (S.317 & HR 98) 103pp The Organic Act of Guam and Related Federal Laws affecting the Governmental Structure of Guam through March 25, 2000, 78 pages, 3-ring binder. Organic Act of Guam, Legislative History, Chapter 512 (Public Law 81-630), 1950 (filed in pamphlet file)

Proceedings of the First Constitutional Convention of Guam 1969 - 1970. Garrison and McCarter, Inc., Agaña , Guam. 751 pp. Hardcover.

Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. 1898.


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B – GUAM STATUTES: Current: SEE also Compiler of Laws Website- http://www.guamcourts.org/compileroflaws/ Guam Code Annotated, Titles 1 to 22, Loose-leaf in compression binders

Title 1 - General Provisions Title 12 - Autonomous Agencies Title 2 - Legislature Title 13 - Uniform Commercial Code Title 3 - Election Title 14 - Uniform Consumer Credit Code Title 4 - Public Officer & Employees Title 15 - Estates & Probate Title 5 - Government Operations Title 16 - Vehicles Title 6 - Evidence Title 17 - Education Title 7 - Judiciary & Civil Procedure Title 18 - Business Structure & Function Title 8 - Criminal Procedure Title 19 - Personal Relations Title 9 - Crimes & Correction Title 20 - Remedies Title 10 - Health & Safety Title 21 - Real Property Title 11 - Finance & Taxation Title 22 - Business Regulation

Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney General, Agaña , Guam. Also distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc., Buffalo, New York.

Guam Code Annotated - Interim General Index and Tables - 1984. Compiler of Laws, Office of the

Attorney General, Hagatña , Guam. Guam Microfiche Collection: T.3 Civil & Penal Code of Guam (1953) 10 fiche T.8 Penal Code of Guam (1947 – 2 copies) 3 fiche T.9 Civil Code of Guam (1947 – 2 copies) 4 fiche T.10 Civil Regulations of Law in Guam (1947 – 2 copies) 2 fiche T.11 Civil Procedure Code of Guam (1947 – 2 copies) 3 fiche T. 12 Probate Code of Guam (1947) 2 fiche T.13 Civil Procedure Code & Probate Vol. 1 - (1970 – 2 copies) 5 fiche T. 13 Civil Procedure Code & Probate Vol. 2 – (1970 – 2 copies) 6 fiche T. 13 Code of Civil Procedure of Guam & Probate Code (1973-74 Supp) 1 fiche T. 16 Amending Organic Act of Guam (1972) 1 fiche T.19 Government Code of Guam (1952) 7 fiche T. 23 Guam Annual Reports, 1938 1 fiche T. 23 Guam Annual Reports, 1939 1 fiche T. 23 Guam Governor Annual Report (1940) 1 fiche T. 23 Guam Governor Annual Report (1941) 1 fiche T. 23 Guam Governor Annual Reports (1959-1968) 20 fiche T. 23 Guam Governor – Annual Reports (1969 through 1974) 17 fiche T. 23 Guam Annual Reports –(1975 through 1981) 14 fiche T. 25 Guam Organic Act & Related Federal Laws (1984) 1 fiche T. 26 Constitution Congressional Hearings (1978) 4 fiche T. 27 Guam Organic Act & Related Federal Laws (1979) 1 fiche T. 28 Guam: A Reassessment… Political Relations (1980) 2 fiche T. 29 Zafren-Draft Guam Commonwealth Act (1986) 1 fiche T. 30 Leibowitz-Memo, Guam Self Determination (1986) 1 fiche


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T. 31 Guam-Navy Gov., Brief Extracts 2 fiche T. 33 1975 Guam Constitution Congress Report (1975)1 fiche T. 34 Guam Constitution, Congress Hearings (1976) 2 fiche T. 36 Guam Administrative Rules (1976 – 2 copies) 8 fiche Code of Guam Cumulative Supplement V.1 (1974) 4 fiche Code of Guam Cumulative Supplement V.2 (1974) 4 fiche Code of Guam Civil Code Supplement (1974) 1 fiche Code of Guam Code of Civil Procedure Supp (1974) 1 fiche Code of Guam Penal Code Supplement (1974) 1 fiche Code of Guam Probate Code Supplement (1974) 1 fiche Guam Bar Journal (1980 – 1984) 9 fiche Guam Historical Laws: 1899-1910 The Penal Code in Force in Cuba & Porto Rico; As amended, for use in Island of Guam by the Executive General Orders and Executive Special Orders of the Governors Of Guam. Manuel Duarte. Wash. D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1900 (5 folders in pamphlet file)

Orders and Regulations with the Force and Effect of Law in Guam, Naval Government of Guam, January 1925, 184 pp. Bound reprint by GTLL.

The Civil Code of Guam, In four Divisions, Stephan B. Robinson , Compiled and Codified by Lt.

Cmdr, U.S. Navy, Manila, 718 pp. Bureau of Printing, Manila, 1933, Bound reprint by GTLL.

The Code of Civil Procedure of Guam, In four Divisions, Stephan B. Robinson , Compiled and

Codified by Lt. Cmdr, U.S. Navy, Manila, 623 pp. Bureau of Printing, Manila, 1933, Bound reprint by GTLL

The Probate Code of Guam, In four Divisions, Stephan B. Robinson , Compiled and Codified by Lt.

Cmdr, U.S. Navy, Manila, pp 627 - 814. Bureau of Printing, Manila, 1933, Bound reprint by GTLL

The Civil Code of Guam, In four Divisions, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington. 1947.

300 pp. Bound reprint by GTLL. The Code of Civil Procedure of Guam, In four Parts, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington.

1947. 188 pp. Bound reprint by GTLL. Statutes and Amendments to the Codes of the Territory of Guam, First Guam Legislature 1951 -

1952, John A. Bohn, Legislative Counsel, Government of Guam, San Francisco, California. 360 pp. Bound. Appendices include: A - Attorney General’s Opinions; B - Report of Judicial Council; C - Rules of Court of District Court of Guam; D - Final Legislative History - First Guam Legislature; F - Standing Rules of Legislature.

The Civil Code and the Penal Code of the Territory of Guam, 1953. John A. Bohn, Legislative

Counsel, Government of Guam, San Francisco, California. 550 pp. (Civil) & 318 pp (Penal). Bound. (The “Tan Set”).

1960 Cumulative Pocket Supplement to the Civil Code and the Penal Code of the Territory of Guam,

1953. John A. Bohn, Legislative Counsel, Government of Guam, Benecia, California. 96 pp.


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The Code of Civil Procedure and the Probate Code of the Territory of Guam, 1953. John A.

Bohn, Legislative Counsel, Government of Guam, San Francisco, California. 346 pp. (CCP) & 122 pp (Probate). Bound. (The “Tan Set”).

1960 Cumulative Pocket Supplement, Code of Civil Procedure; Probate Code, Rules of Practice and

Procedure in the Courts of Guam; Rules and Regulations for Admission to Practice of Law in Guam - covering the Legislation of the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Guam Legislatures. 1960. John A. Bohn, Legislative Counsel, Government of Guam, Agaña, Guam, 183 pp.

1964 Cumulative Pocket Supplement, Code of Civil Procedure; Probate Code, Rules of Practice and

Procedure in the Courts of Guam; Rules and Regulations for Admission to Practice of Law in Guam - covering the Legislation of the Sixth and Seventh Guam Legislatures. 1964. John A. Bohn, Legislative Counsel, Government of Guam, Agaña, Guam, 183 pp.

The Government Code of the Territory of Guam, First Edition, 1952, John A. Bohn, San

Francisco, California. 575 pp. Bound. (The “Tan Set”). The Government Code of the Territory of Guam, Two Volumes. Revised - 1961, John A. Bohn,

Benecia, California. 672 pp. (Vol I) & 673 -1342 (Vol. II). Bound. (The “Tan Set”). The Civil Code of the Territory of Guam, 1970, Volumes I & II, John A. Bohn, Walnut Creek,

California. Vol. I -308 pp.; Vol. II - pp 309 - 771. Bound. (The “Green Set”). 1973 Cumulative Pocket Supplement - Civil Code . John A. Bohn, Walnut Creek, California. 58 pp. The Code of Civil Procedure and the Probate Code of the Territory of Guam, 1970, Volumes I &

II, John A. Bohn, Walnut Creek, California. Vol. I -333 pp.; Vol. II - pp 334 - 614.; Probate Code in Vol. II pp 1 - 161. Bound. (The “Green Set”).

1973 Cumulative Pocket Supplement - Probate Code and Code of Civil Procedure. John A. Bohn,

Walnut Creek, California. 30 pp.

The Penal Code of the Territory of Guam, 1970. John A. Bohn, Walnut Creek, California. 473 pp. Bound. (The “Green Set”).

1974 Cumulative Pocket Supplement to the Penal Code and the Rules of Criminal Procedure of the

Territory of Guam, 1970. John A. Bohn, Walnut Creek, California. 67 pp. The Uniform Commercial Code of Guam (Title 13, Guam Code Annotated), Public Law 13-160 -

1977. The Guam Law Revision Commission, Agaña , Guam. 269 pp. Softbound. The Criminal and Correctional Code - 1977. Charles Troutman. Agaña , Guam. 243 pp.

Hardcover. The Criminal Procedure Code and Public Law 13-187 - 1977. Charles Troutman. Agaña , Guam.

71 pp. Hardcover. Title 8 - The Criminal Procedure Code - Cumulative Supplement - 1980. Office of Compiler of

Laws, Guam Law Revision Commission. Agaña , Guam. 11 pp.


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The Government Code of the Territory of Guam - 1970. 3 Volumes. John A. Bohn, Walnut Creek, CA. Vol. I - 509 pp.; Vol. II - pp 510 - 1033; Vol. III pp 1034 - 1619.

1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume II of the Government Code. John A. Bohn, Walnut Creek,

CA. 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volumes I & III of the Government Code. John A. Bohn, Walnut

Creek, CA. Vol. 1 - 242 pp; Vol III - 153 pp. Single undivided paperback volume. C- GUAM ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS - GENERAL

Attorney General’s Opinions. Loose-leaf binders - 1960 to date. Filed by PCF # assigned by Attorney General’s Office.

Administrative Rules and Regulations of the Government of Guam – Softbound volumes 1-8, 1997

Edition - SEE also Compiler of Laws Website- http://www.guamcourts.org/compileroflaws

Title 1 - General Provisions Title 13 - Land Management Title 2 - Administration Title 14 - Law Title 3 - Business Regulations Title 15 - Military and Veterans’ Affairs Title 4 - Commerce Title 16 - Natural Resources and Recreation Title 5 - Education Title 17 - Penology and Corrections Title 6 - Elections (Election Commission) Title 18 - Profession and Vocational Regs. Title 7 - Energy Conservation Title 19 - Public Health and Social Services Title 8 - Food and Agriculture Title 20 - Public Safety Title 9 - Harbors and Navigation Title 21 - Public Utilities Title 10 - Housing and Com. Dev. Title 22 - Public Works Title 11 - Investment Title 23 - Revenue and Taxation Title 12 - Labor Relations Title 24 - Trade Practices & Consumer Prot.

Administrative Rules and Regulations of the Government of Guam – Softbound volumes 1-8, 1997 Edition.

Child Support Guidelines. 1994. Family Division, Department of Law. Loose-leaf Child Support Guidelines. 1996. Family Division, Department of Law. Loose-leaf Digest of Attorney General Documents (Selected PCF’s 3/1/84 - 12/31/87). 1987. Division of

Compiler of Laws. 128 pp. Bound soft cover. Digest of Attorney General Documents (Selected PCF’s 10/13/88). 1988. Division of Compiler of

Laws. 337 pp. Loose-leaf. Government of Guam Contractors License Board - Rules and Regulations of the Contractors

License Board. Department of Public Works. 1979. 31 pp Loose-leaf Procurement Regulations, Issued pursuant to P.L. 16-124, 1984. General Services Administration,

Department of Administration. Compiler of Laws, Agaña


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Records Disposition Handbook. Department of Administration, Government of Guam. Undated. 24 pp. Records Management Handbook. Department of Administration, Government of Guam. Undated.

21 pp.

D -GUAM ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS - CIVIL SERVICE & PERSONNEL RULES

Civil Service Commission - Decisions and Orders. 1983 to current. Unpublished - Filed

chronologically in Loose-leaf binders. Civil Service Commission - Index . 1983 to current. Unpublished (prepared by GTLL) - Cases

listed chronologically in Loose-leaf binders. Civil Service Commission - Rules and Regulations. Unpublished - Filed in Loose-leaf binders. Department of Administration - Leave Sharing Program Memorandum. 1993, Monograph. Department of Administration - Personnel Rules and Regulations and Operations Procedures

Manual. 1979, 82 pp. Spiral bound. Department of Administration - Personnel Rules and Regulations. Undated, 163 pp. Unpublished -

Filed in Loose-leaf binders. Department of Corrections - Rules and Regulations for the Administrations of Correctional

Institutions and Other Places of Confinement. Executive Order No. 94-19, 12/30/94. Department of Corrections, Agaña, Guam. 95 pp. Loose-leaf.

Guam Airport Authority -Personnel Rules and Regulations. 1978. 39 pp Loose-leaf. Guam Community College -Personnel Rules and Regulations. Undated. Loose-leaf. Guam Economic Development Authority - Personnel Rules and Regulations. 1966. 20 pp Loose-leaf. Guam Housing Corporation - Personnel Rules and Regulations. Undated. 54 pp Loose-leaf. Guam Memorial Hospital Authority -Personnel Rules and Regulations for Classified Employees.

1988. 164 pp Loose-leaf. Guam Power Authority -Personnel Rules and Regulations. Undated. 93 pp Loose-leaf. Guam Public Schools System -Board Policies. Loose-leaf Guam Retirement Fund-Rules and Regulations, Updated 1998 Spiral bound volume Guam Telephone Authority -Personnel Rules and Regulations. Undated. 74 pp Loose-leaf Guam Visitors Bureau -Personnel Rules and Regulations. 1989. Loose-leaf Perceived Deficiencies in the Superior Court of Guams’s Ability to Provide Adequate Jury

Management Service. Perry C. Taitano. 1980. 149 pp. Spiral bound.


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Superior Court of Guam - Equal Employment Opportunity Plan Memorandum. Superior Court of Guam 1997. 18 pp Monograph.

D -GUAM ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS - CIVIL SERVICE & PERSONNEL RULES (cont.)

Superior Court of Guam -Personnel Rules and Regulations. Judicial Council of Guam 1980. 51 pp

Loose-leaf. University of Guam - Administrative Manual. Board of Regents.1985. 34 pp. Loose-leaf. University of Guam - Personnel Rules and Regulations - Classified Service Employees. 1984. 78 pp.

Loose-leaf. E – GUAM SESSION LAWS:

Session Laws - First Guam Legislature, 1951 -1952 through Twelfth Guam Legislature, 1973 -1974.

Not published. Slip law filed in folders kept in file cabinets. Session Laws - Thirteenth Guam Legislature, 1975 -1976, Guam Law Revision Commission,

Hagatna, Guam. Volume One - Public Laws, Tables & Index. 541 pp. Bound.

Volume Two - Resolutions and Executive Orders. 389 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Fourteenth Guam Legislature, 1977 -1978, Guam Law Revision Commission, Hagatna, Guam. Volume 3, 753 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Fifteenth Guam Legislature, 1979 -1980, Guam Law Revision Commission, Hagatna,

Guam. Volume 4, 746 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Sixteenth Guam Legislature, 1981 -1982, Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam. Volume 5, 633 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Seventeenth Guam Legislature, 1983 -1984, Compiler of Laws, Office of the

Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam. Volume 6, 1331 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Eighteenth Guam Legislature, 1983 -1984, Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam. Volume 7, 844 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Nineteenth Guam Legislature, 1987 -1988, Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney

General, Hagatna, Guam. Volume 8, 865 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Twentieth Guam Legislature, 1989 -1990, Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam. Volume 9, 1019 pp. Bound.

Session Laws - Twenty-First Guam Legislature, 1991 -1992, Compiler of Laws, Office of the

Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam. Volume 10, 1169 pp. Bound.


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Session Laws - Twenty-Second Guam Legislature, 1993 -1994, Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney General, Hagåtña,, Guam. Volume 11, 917 pp. Bound.

Session Laws- Twenty-Third Guam Legislature, 1995-1996, Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney General, Hagatña, Guam, Volume 12, Bound

Session Laws-Twenty-Fourth Guam Legislature, 1997-1998, Compiler of Laws, Office of the Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam , Volume 13., Loose-leaf Binder. Session Laws – Twenty-Fifth Guam Legislature, 1999-2000, Guam Public Laws, Loose-leaf folder. Not published. Slip law filed in folders kept in file cabinets. Session Laws – Twenty-Sixth Guam Legislature, 2001-2002, Guam Public Laws, Loose-leaf folder. Not published. Slip law filed in folders kept in file cabinets.

Report - Special Committee on Corrections - Findings of Fact and Recommendations. Special Committee on Corrections, Nineteenth Guam Legislature, Agaña, Guam. 1988, 122 pp Spiral Bound.

F – GUAM COURT RULES: District Court of Guam Local Rules of Practice (eff. 4/15/97 Amended 9/29/2000) & General Orders District Court of Guam. Loose-leaf. One volume District Court of Guam Bankruptcy Forms Manual: Forms and Instructions for the Public. Loose-leaf. One volume District Court of Guam Bankruptcy Division Chapter 7 & Chapter 11. April 1997 Loose-leaf. One volume

District Court of Guam - Local Rules - 9/12/94. 113 pp. Softbound. District Court of Guam - Rules of Court - 9/1/73. 154 pp. Softbound. Guam Small Claims Rules and Procedures Approved and Adopted by the Guam Judicial Council on May 19, 1999. 11pp Guam Small Claims Division. A Guide to Using Guam’s Small Claims Court for Plaintiff and Defendant. 34pp. Proposed Rules of Civil Procedure for the Superior Court of Guam - 4/20/89. Note: Current

Superior Court Rules are found in 7GCA - Appendix B Rules for Judicial Reform and Revision. Guam Supreme Court. 7/26/96. 2 pp. Rules of Court for the Superior Court of Guam. Judicial Council of Guam. 1979. 8 pp.

Supreme Court of Guam Rules of Appellate Procedures: As Amended through September 2000, Promulgation Orders (beginning with 98-001),Resolutions (97-001R) & Memorandums. Compiled by GTLL.

Judicial Council of Guam Rules of Order 1996 & 1999 and Resolutions beginning with


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01-2000. Rules of Order of the Unified Judiciary Committee. 2002 G –GUAM LAW REPORTS AND DIGESTS: Arbitration - Guam Decisions and Orders. Loose-leaf. Collection of Superior Court of Guam Arbitration Cases. 1983 - 1991. District Court of Guam Appellate Division-Opinions. 1978 to date. Loose-leaf. Opinions of the Appellate Division arranged by file date. District Court of Guam Appellate Division - Index to Opinions. 1978 to date. Loose-leaf. This is a list of all District Court of Guam Appellate Division Opinions arranged by file date prepared by GTLL staff. District Court of Guam Appellate Decisions Analysis by Legal Studies Students, University of Guam. January 13, 1992. Spiral bound, 18 pp. An unofficial index of the District Court of Guam Appellate Decisions prepared by Legal Studies Students from the University of Guam under the direction of Prof. John Dierking. Includes index by appellant, and index by case number. Coverage is from 1981 through 1991. Superior Court of the Territory of Guam Decisions and Orders. 1980-1996. Loose-leaf. Early volumes softbound by GTLL. Superior Court of Guam - List of Cases, 1980 - Present. Guam Territorial Law Library. Loose-leaf. A list compiled by GTLL of all Superior Court of Guam Opinions arranged by file date. Superior Court of Guam - Index of cases. August 1991, June 1991 through June 1992, January 1,1992 through August 3, 1995. Five different indexes compiled by various law clerks of the Superior Court of Guam. Indexes cases by topic arrangement and by statutes and rules. Superior Court of Guam Decisions and Orders Subject Matter Index. June 29, 1987 through July 20, 1988 January l979 through June 1991. Supreme Court of Guam - Decisions and Orders. 1966 to date. Loose-leaf. (Also printed in Currents Laws Binder published by Compiler of Laws) Guam - Federal Digest (1950 - 1987). Compiler of Laws Office of the Attorney General, Agaña , Guam June 1988. Hardbound. 280 pp. This volume is a digest of all published cases from Guam courts found in the Supreme Court Reporter, Federal Reporter and Federal Supplement from 1950-l987. Guam Reports. Volume 1 (1955-1979) & 2, Pt.1 (1980). Equity Publishing Corporation, Orford, New Hampshire. 1981 Hardbound Includes opinions of the appellate division of the District Court from 1955 - 1980, opinions of the Superior Court of Guam from 1974 - 1979 and the only opinion from 1975 of the short-lived Supreme Court of Guam. Volume 2, pt. 1 is published by Office of Compiler of Laws. 1983. 209 pp. Softbound.


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H – GUAM LEGISLATIVE MATERIALS:

A Reassessment of Guam’s Political Relationship with the United States. Prepared for the 15th Guam Legislature. Venture Development Management Resources. Inc. Agaña , Guam. 1980. 136 pp. Softbound.

Proposed Laws (Bills) - 20th Guam Legislature (1989 - 1990) to current: Filed by number in file folders in pamphlet file. Older materials boxed and archived. Public Law 88-183 – Legislative History (Guam, Virgin Islands – HR 222; American Samoa Submerged Lands SR 589. Filed in pamphlet file. Twentieth Guam Legislature Standing Rules. Undated. 74 pp Loose-leaf. I – GUAM ELECTRONIC MEDIA:

Guam Code Annotated and West’s Guam Reporter on-line on Westlaw. Available on GLL 1 & 4.

J – GUAM JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION:

Automation Requirements for the Superior Court of Guam, Volume I - Functional Requirements. Volume II - Functional Checklists. Volume III - Data Element Dictionary Susan R. Koenig, National Center for State Courts. San Francisco, CA, 1991, 87 pp,

Softbound. Guam Comprehensive Criminal Justice Plan - 1978. Guam Criminal Justice Planning Agency,

Office of the Governor. 457 pp. Softbound. Guam Comprehensive Criminal Justice Plan - 1979. Guam Criminal Justice Planning Agency,

Office of the Governor. 221 pp. Softbound. Guam Judicial Review - Annual Report of the Superior Court of Guam. 1979 - 1988; 1995 Judicial Council. 1996 Survey on the Efficiency of the Courts of Guam - Report and Recommendations. Guam Bar

Association. 1996, 38 pp. Monograph. Opportunities for Automation and Improved Calendar Management in the Guam Superior Court.

Susan R. Koenig, National Center for State Courts. San Francisco, CA, 1987. 87 pp. Softbound.

Plan - Superior Court of Guam - 1979. Superior Court of Guam, Agaña, Guam. 153 pp. Softbound. K - GUAM PERIODICALS:

English Language Judicial Records of Guam Index 1907-1935 (1922-1925 Cases) 1 volume Manuscript Collection. . Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam. Archival Project Funded by the Guam Preservation Trust. List of 3,403 court archived. (1995) William L. Wuerch, Project Director.


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Guam and Saipan Insurance Litigation Quarterly. Mair, Mair, Spade and Thompson, P.C. Vol 1,

No. 1, 4th Qtr., 1991 to date. Guam Bar Journal. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1980), Vol.1, No.2 (1981), Vol. 2, No. 1, 3&4 (1982), Dry

Season (1989), Vol. 3, No. 1 (1984). Produced quarterly by the Guam Bar Association. The 1982 issues, (Volume 2, Nos. 3 & 4) contains a digest of the U.S. District Court of Guam appellate decisions.

Guam Bar Association Newsletter. Irregular issues beginning 1980 to present. Guam Bar

Association, Agaña, Guam. Law Review and Periodical Articles on Guam. Loose-leaf binders. Articles from Law Reviews and

other periodicals copied and collected by GLL. Pacific Legal Currents - Quarterly Newsletter of the Guam Territorial Law Library. Jan. 1996 -

1997. L – GUAM BACKGROUND REPORTS, PAPERS, STUDIES: (See also – General Texts)

An Analysis of Corruption Within the Government of Guam - Its Origin, The Lessons of History, and the Current Battle to Contain It. Richard G. Opper, Attorney General of Guam. 1986. 52 pp. Monograph.

America’s Economic Challenge in Asia: Guam’s Strategic Business Role. Hearing before the

Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy and the Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session. Washington, D.C. 1986. U.S. GPO. 226 pp. Softbound.

Annual Census of Establishments - March 1992. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor,

Agaña, Guam. 65 pp. Soft cover pamphlet. Banking Commissioner - Tenth Annual Report (1992). Joaquin G. Blaz, Banking Commissioner,

Department of Revenue & Taxation, Government of Guam. 42 pp. Softbound. Department Reorganization and Management Improvement Plan. Government of Guam

Reorganization Committee. September 1984. Unpaginated, softbound by GLL.

Guam Annual Economic Review - 1989. (Annual Economic Review and Statistical Abstract). Economic Research Center, Department of Commerce, Government of Guam. 194 pp. Softbound.

Guam Annual Economic Review - 1994. Economic Research Center, Department of Commerce,

Government of Guam. 54 pp. w/statistical appendix. Softbound. Guam Commission on Self-Determination - 1985-86. Robert F. Rogers, Micronesian Area Research

Center, University of Guam. 1986. 45 pp. Monograph. Guam Construction & Procurement Law Manual. Bradford A. Nilsson & Paul W. Berning. Thelen, Reid & Priest, LLP: San Francisco, California. (Reserve Shelf)


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Guam Police Department 1995 Annual Report. Guam’s Trial of the Century - News, Hegemony, and Rumor in an American Colony. Peter

DeBenedittis, Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 183 pp. Hardbound. Identification of Financial, Management, and Service Criteria for Guam Power Authority (GPA)

and Recommendation of a Plan for Takeover by the GPA of Island-Wide Power Responsibilities . U. S. Department of the Interior. August 1986. Unpaginated, 2 volumes, softbound by GTLL

Insurance Commissioner - Thirty-Second Annual Report (1990). Joaquin G. Blaz, Insurance

Commissioner, Department of Revenue & Taxation, Government of Guam 94 pp. Softbound. Insurance Commissioner - Thirty-Fourth Annual Report (1992). Joaquin G. Blaz, Insurance

Commissioner, Department of Revenue & Taxation, Government of Guam 93 pp. Softbound. Memorandum to Commission on Self-Determination. Arnold H. Leibowitz. 1986, 33 pp.

Monograph. Procedures Guide for Achieving Federal Consistency with the Guam Coastal Management

Program. Bureau of Planning, Government of Guam. 1982. 34 pp. Softbound. Proposed Plan of Distribution - Guam Land Claims Narrative Report. William C. Middlebrook,

Land and Natural Resources Division, U. S. Department of Justice. 1987, 29 pp. Pamphlet. Real Estate Laws of Guam. Christopher Felix. 1984. 259pp (Reserve shelf) A Study and Review of Law Pertaining to Alien Investment on Guam. Volume II - September 1974.

Davis, Stafford, Kellman, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA. 388 pp. Softbound. Territory of Guam Master Plan. Territorial Planning Commission. 1966. 203 pp. Spiral bound. United States Naval Government and Administration of Guam. Michael Dean Zenor, PhD

Dissertation , Department of Political Science , State University of Iowa. 1949. 308 pp. Urinalsis Collection Program. Sr. Mary John Cristobal, Division of Probation Services, Superior

ourt of Guam. 1995. 26 pp. Monograph.

2. AMERICAN SAMOA 1899 - United States protectorate 1929 - American Samoa government established 1960 - Constitution, including a legislature 1967 - Revised constitution A. AMERICAN SAMOA STATUTES AND REGULATIONS: American Samoa Code Annotated, 1981. Loose-leaf. American Samoa Administrative Code, 1982. Loose-leaf.


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B. AMERICAN SAMOA LAW REPORTS AND DIGESTS: American Samoa Digest, 1982 Edition. Covering Opinions from the Divisions of the High Court of American Samoa as reported in the American Samoa Reports. American Samoa Reports, 4 volumes, 1900 - 1975. Containing opinions from The High Court of American Samoa, Appellate, Trial and Lands and Titles Divisions. American Samoa Reports, 2nd Series, 24 Volumes, 1983-1993. American Samoa Reporter, 2nd Series, 1983.

3. BELAU (FORMERLY PALAU) 1947 -Part of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (United States) 1964 - Elected Congress of Micronesia 1981 - Constitution and self-government 1982 - Governmental agreement on Compact of Free Association with the United States 1981/4 - State constitutions

Palau National Code Annotated - 1986. Constitution and Titles 1 - 42. 3 volumes, compression binder.

Courts of the Republic of Palau - Interim Reporter - 1987. 8 volumes, loose-leaf binder. Constitution of the Republic of Palau - 1979. 1 volume, pamphlet. Courts of Republic of Palau: Rules of Evidence: Rules of Appellate Procedure - 1983. 1 volume, loose-leaf. Courts of Republic of Palau: Rules of Criminal Procedure - 1983. 1 volume, loose-leaf. Courts of Republic of Palau: Rules of Civil Procedure - 1983. 1 volume, loose-leaf.

Disciplinary Rules and Procedures for Attorneys and Trial Counselors Practicing in the Courts of the Republic of Palau. Effective Dec. 1, 1989. 9pp. Loose-leaf

Rules of Admission for Attorneys and Trial Counselors, Promulgated by the Palau Supreme Court, Dec. 1, 1994. 13pp. Loose-leaf Rules of Appellate Procedure, Promulgated by the Palau Supreme Court, Dec. 1, 1994. 17pp. Loose-leaf

Small Claims Rules, Promulgated by the Palau Supreme Court, March 3, 1995. 10pp. Loose-leaf Admiralty Rules, Promulgated by the Palau Supreme Court, Feb. 16, 1995. 10pp. Loose-leaf Motion Practice Rules, Promulgated by the Palau Supreme Court, October 17, 1994. 6pp. Loose-leaf


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Rules of Procedure for LCHO Appeals, Promulgated by the Palau Supreme Court, June 19, 1995. 4pp. Loose-leaf Rules and Regulations of the Land Court, Promulgated by Palau Supreme Court, October 15, 1996. 14pp. Loose-leaf Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau: Digest of Published Decisions for ROP Interim Reporter Volumes 1 & 2 - undated (rec’d 5/7/97). Includes Citators for the Constitution, the Palau National Code, Trust Territory Code, RPPLs, PPLs, court rules, statutes of the United States, and United States D.O.I. Secretarial Orders, Table of Cases for Interim Reporter Volumes 1 & 2. Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau: Digest of Published Decisions for the ROP Interim Reporter Volumes 3, 4, & 5 - undated (rec’d 5/7/97). Includes Citators for the Constitution, the Palau National Code, the Interim Reporters, the Trust Territory Reports, court rules and the Restatements, Table of cases for the Interim Reporter Volume 3, 4, & 5. Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau: Digest of Published Decisions for ROP Interim Rptr v.1-7 Koror, Palau. 135pp. Spiral Bound Palau Citations 2d. Compiled by Antonio L. Cortes, Esq. 1998 Spiral Bound

4. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS 1947 - Part of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (United States) 1964 - Elected Congress of Micronesia 1975 - Voters approve status as commonwealth of the United States 1978 - Constitution 1986 - Commonwealth in full force A. CNMI CONSTITUTION: Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, Signed 15/5/76. 32pp. (Pamphlet file)

The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands: Constitutional Principles and Innovation in a Pacific Setting. Howard P. Willens and Deanne C. Siemer. The Georgetown Law Journal, Volume 85, Number 6, August 1977, pp. 1373-1481. Reprint in ring binder.

Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Updated with amendments To the Constitution through January 2001 and includes selected case annotations) Commonwealth Law Revision Commission, CNMI. Spiral Bound. 87pp Section by Section Analysis of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Marianas Political Status Commission. February 15, 1975. Spiral Bound. 138pp Analysis of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. December 6, 1976. Loose-leaf. 215pp


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B. CNMI ELECTRONIC MEDIA:

Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands Public Laws- available on-line at http://www.cnmilaw.org

Northern Mariana Islands- 2007 CNMI Laws ( electronic format available on Guam Law Library Public Computer) (c2008). Includes Commonwealth Code, CNMI Administrative Code and CNMI Judicial Decisions. Current through August 2007. LRC Archives 2004 – 1st Quarter – Public & Local Laws 6th – 13th Legislature; Supreme & Superior Court Opinions 1999 – June 2004( electronic format available on Guam Law Library Public Computer). Commonwealth Law Revision Commission LRC. Commonwealth Registers Disc 1 (1978 – 1991) & Disc 2 (1992 – 200; Trust Territory Register 1974 to 1978, v.1&2. ( electronic format available on Guam Law Library Public Computer) Law Revision Commission.

Administrative Code Supplement Sept. – Dec. 2007; 2007 Superior Slip Opinion; 2004 Supreme

Court Slip Opinion; 2007 Supreme Slip Opinion (electronic format available on Guam Law Library Public Computer) (Sept. – Dec. 2007) See also website:http://www.cnmilaw.org CNMI Law Revision Commission.

C. CNMI STATUTES AND REGULATIONS: Commonwealth Code, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands Law Revision Commission, 1984. Loose-leaf. Volume 1, Sources of Authority, Titles 1 (Government) and 2 (Natural Resources) Volume 2, Titles 3 (Human Resources); 4 (Economic Resources: & 5 (UCC) Volume 3, Titles 6 (Crimes/Crim.Proc.); 7 (Civil Proc.); 8 (Fam. Law/Probate); 9 (Vehicles): 10 (Local Laws): Source Ref. Table; Index. 2000 Commonwealth Code Supplement Legislation: September 1999-Present Code Sections Amended, Created, Repealed or Renumbered as of April 9, 2001 (Commonwealth Code Table & Updates, loose-leaf binder)

Commonwealth Register. Published monthly by the Registrar of Corporations, Office of the Attorney General. Contains Regulations (proposed and adopted), AG’s Opinions, Ethics Opinions. Volume 1 - 1978 to Volume 19 - 1997 plus current.

D. CNMI SESSION LAWS:

Laws and Resolutions, First Legislature, First and Second Regular Session and First Special

Session, 1/9/78 - 1/5/79. (PL 1-9 to 1 -23). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Softbound, 369 pp.

Laws and Resolutions, First Legislature, Third Regular Session, 1/8/79 - 6/27/79. (PL 1-24 to 1 -

33). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Softbound, 107 pp. Laws and Resolutions, First Legislature, Fourth Regular Session, 7/9/79 - 1/11/80. (PL 1-34 to 1 -44). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Softbound, 156 pp.

Laws and Resolutions, Second Legislature, First Regular Session 1/14/80 - 711/80. (PL 2-1 to 2-2).

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Softbound, 161 pp.

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Laws and Resolutions, Second Legislature, Second Regular Session, 7/14/80 - 1/9/81 (PL2-1 to 2-

13). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Softbound, 149 pp. Laws and Resolutions, Second Legislature, Third and Fourth Regular Session 1/13/81 - 1/6/82 (PL 2-14 to 2-51). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 283 pp.

Laws and Resolutions, Third Legislature, First Regular Session and First Special Session, 1/ 11/82 - 7/8/82 (PL3-1 to 3-20). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Softbound, 359 pp.

Laws and Resolutions, Third Legislature, Second Regular Session and Second Special Session 7/13/82 -1/6/83 (PL 3-21 to 3-42). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Softbound, 241 pp. E. CNMI COURT RULES: Local Rules of Court, United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, 6/23/93. Loose-leaf, 109 pp. Rules of Appellate Procedure , United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, October 1987 Looseleaf 70 pp. Court Rules, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth Superior Court, Undated (rec’d 2/21/92). Looseleaf binder (Juvenile Delinquency Procedure; Legal Intern Program; Probate; Traffic; Rules of Practice; Evidence; Criminal Procedure; Civil Procedure.) Court Rules, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Trial Court, Undated (rec’d 12/30/83). Looseleaf binder (Juvenile Delinquency Procedure; Legal Intern Program; Probate; Traffic; Rules of Practice; Evidence; Criminal Procedure; Civil Procedure.) F. CNMI LAW REPORTS AND DIGESTS: Commonwealth Reporter, Law Revision Commission. Loose-leaf. Volume 1, Cases 1979 - 1984. ©1987 1132 pp. Volume 2, Cases 1984 - 1987. ©1987 1184 pp. Volume 3, Cases 1985 - 1989. ©1989 975 pp. Volume 4, Cases 1993 – 1996.©1997 542 pp. Northern Mariana Island Reporter (Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. Volume 1, 11/14/89 - 1/28/91. ©1993, 598 pp. Volume 2, 2/7/91 - 2/18/92 ©1993 644 pp. Volume 3, 2/20/92 - 6/28/93/ ©1993, 647 pp. Northern Mariana Islands Reporter: Digest of Decisions and Citations Vols. 1-4. Commonwealth Law Revision Commission. 1997. Soft bound. 314pp


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Decisions and Orders, Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1989 - 1990. Loose-leaf binder. Decisions and Orders, Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1991 - 1992. Loose-leaf binder. Unofficial Case Digest, Published Decisions, 1989-1991, Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 10/1/91. Loose-leaf, 129 pp.

Commonwealth Digest (Digest of Cases Argued and Determined in the Commonwealth Superior Court (After May, 1989) District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, Trial and Appellate Divisions, September, 1989 (Second Edition. Looseleaf, 202 pp.

Olympio T. Borja Memorial Library and Office of the Governor, C.N.M.I., Official Government Directory, First Edition, 1996. Softbound, 111 pp.

G. CNMI BACKGROUND REPORTS, PAPERS, STUDIES: Report and Plan of the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, United States District Court Northern Mariana Islands, June 1993. Looseleaf binder.

5. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 1947 - Part of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (United States) 1964 - Elected Congress of Micronesia 1978 - Constitution 1983/4 - State constitutions 1986 - Compact of Free Association with the United States An Investor’s Guide to the Federated States of Micronesia, Department of Resources Development, FSM National Government, Palikir, Pohnpei, FSM. May 1994. Softbound. 9 pp. Compacts of Free Association: Pacific Islands Treaties & Agreements with the United States.

Igor I. Kavass. Buffalo, New York, William S. Hein. 2 vols. Loose-leaf. (Reserve Shelf) Federated States of Micronesia Code Annotated. Pacific Island Planning Consultants, Kolonia,

Pohnpei FM 96941, Federated States of Micronesia. 1995. 2 volumes, Loose-leaf. Volume I - Constitution and Titles 1 - 25. Volume II - Title 26 - 58 and index.

Federated States of Micronesia, Supreme Court Interim Reporter, 1981 - 1994, 6 vols., Loose-leaf.

National Census Report - 1994 FSM Census of Population Housing, Office of Planning and Statistics, Federated States of Micronesia, Palikir, Pohnpei, FM, June 1996. Softbound 212pp. National Detailed Tables - 1994 FSM Census of Population Housing, Office of Planning and Statistics, Federated States of Micronesia, Palikir, Pohnpei, FM, July 1996. Softbound 338pp


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A. CHUUK

Chuuk State Supreme Court Reports, Volume 1, Appellate Decisions 1989 -1994. Softbound, 85 pp.

B. KOSRAE

C. POHNPEI

D. YAP

Yap State Code - 1987. Yap State Code Commission. 2 volumes, loose-leaf. Volume I - Constitution and Titles 1 - 18. Volume II - Titles 19 - 32 and tables and index.

6. KIRIBATI (until 1979 - GILBERT ISLANDS) Until 1979 - Gilbert Islands 1892 - British Gilbert & Ellice Islands Protectorate 1916 - British Colony 1967 - Constitution with advisory House of Representatives 1970 - Constitution, lawmaking Legislative Council 1975 - Ellice Islands separates 1977 - Internal self-government 1979 - Constitution and Independence as Republic of Kiribati

7. MARSHALL ISLANDS 1947 - Part of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (United States) 1964 - Elected Congress of Micronesia 1978 - Self-government 1979 - Constitution

1986 - Compact of Free Association with the United States Laws and Resolutions, 10th Constitutional Regular Session 1/3/89 - 3/31/89, Part-I. 168 pp.

Softbound. Laws and Resolutions, 10th Constitutional Regular Session, 8/7/89 - 9/1/89, Part-II. 160 pp.

Softbound. Laws and Resolutions, 11th Constitutional Regular Session, 1/2/90 - 2/12/90, Part-I. 196 pp.

Softbound. Laws and Resolutions, 12th Constitutional Regular Session, August 1991, 168 pp. Softbound. Laws and Resolutions, 13th Constitutional Regular Session, January, 1992 Session 179 pp.

Softbound. Laws and Resolutions, 13th Constitutional Regular Session, October, 1992 Session 118 pp.

Softbound. Laws and Resolutions, 15th Constitutional Regular Session, August 1994, 229 pp. Softbound.

Laws and Resolutions, 16th Constitutional Regular Session, August 1995, 95 pp. Softbound.


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Marshall Islands Revised Code, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1988 - , 2 vols. Loose-leaf. First supplement contains Public Laws from January 3, 1989 through the January session of 1991. June 1995 Second supplement contains Public Laws enacted in the six sessions of Nitijela from August 1991 to June 1994. Supreme Court, Marshall Islands Law Reports, Republic of the Marshall Islands Volume 1, Opinions and Selected Orders, July, 1982 through June, 1993, Published September, 1993, Softbound, 259 pp. 8. NAURU

1888 - German colony 1914 - Australian control 1920 - League of Nations mandate to Britain; Australian administration 1966 - Internal self-government 1968 - Independence and constitution

9. PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1884 - British (Papua) and German (New Guinea) annexations 1905 - Australia accepts Papua from Britain 1914 - Australia takes over New Guinea 1949 - Joint administration for both territories 1974 - Internal self-government 1975 - Constitution and Independence

10. SOLOMON ISLANDS 1843 - British protectorate 1960 - Constitution and appointed Legislative Council 1970 - Governing Council set up; majority of members elect 1974 - New constitution with elected Legislative Assembly 1976 - Internal self-government 1978 - Independence and new constitution

11. TOKELAU 1889 - British protectorate 1919 - British colony 1925 - New Zealand control 1948 - Territory of New Zealand


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12. TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

(Since 1978 four separate political entities) The materials listed in this section relate to TTPI prior to 1978. For materials after this date, see sections above.

Report by the U.S. Government Survey Mission to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Also known as “The Solomon Report”). The White House, Washington, D.C. 1963. Vol. 1 - 88pp., Vol. 2 - 254 pp. Trust Territory Reports, Equity Publishing Corporation, Orford, New Hampshire. Volume 1, 1951 - 1958. (©1969) S. N Ruzumna, et. al. , eds. 727 pp. Volume 2, 1959 - 1964. (©1969) S. N Ruzumna, et. al. , eds. 755 pp. Volume 3, 1965 - 1968. (©1969) S. N Ruzumna, et. al. , eds. 737 pp. Volume 4, 1968 - 1969. (©1970). 645 pp. Volume 5, 1970 - 1972. (©1973). 761 pp. Volume 6, 1972 - 1974. (©1975). 721 pp. Volume 7, 1974 - 1978. (©1980). 747 pp. Volume 8, 1979 - 1988. (©1989). 751 pp.

13. TUVALU (until 1976 - ELLICE ISLANDS) 1892 - British Gilbert & Ellice Islands Protectorate 1916 - British colony 1976 - Ellice Islands become separate territory (Tuvalu) with a constitution and elected House of Assembly 1978 - Independence 1986 - New Constitution

14. VANUATU (until 1980, NEW HEBRIDES) 1887 - British and French joint protectorate 1914 - British and French condominium government 1975 - Representative Assembly created 1979 - Constitution 1980 - Independence 15. OTHER JURISDICTIONS Because of status similarities, the library also has extensive materials on the Virgin Islands and Hawaii. The complete holdings are not listed in this bibliography.

16. GENERAL TEXTS Fairbairn, Te’o I.J. et. al., The Pacific Islands: Politics, Economics, and International Relations. East-West Center, Program on International Economics and Politics, University of Hawaii Press. Softbound, 177 pp. Ghai, Yash, and Cottrell, Jill, Heads of State in the Pacific: A Legal and Constitutional Analysis, Institute of the Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1990 Softbound, 276 pp.


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Ghai, Yash, ed. Law, Politics and Government in the Pacific Island States, Institute of Pacific Studies - University of the South Pacific, 1988. Softbound, 393 pp. Hall, Frederick Lee, III, Legal Research in the South Pacific - A Preliminary Bibliography of Selected Areas and Issues, Monograph. Loose-leaf, 113 pp. Hodge, William C., Gen. Ed. South Pacific Law Reports, 1987, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 199l. 492pp. Hodge, William C., Gen. Ed. South Pacific Law Reports, 1988, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1993. 464 pp. Laughlin, Stanley K. Jr., The Law of United States Territories and Affiliated Jurisdictions, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995. 608 pp. Leibowitz, Arnold H. Defining Status, A Comprehensive Analyses of United States Territorial Relations, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1989. 757 pp. Meller, Norman, Constitutionalism in Micronesia, The Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University - Hawaii Campus, 1985. Softbound, 395 pp. Ntumy, Michael, General Ed., South Pacific Islands Legal Systems, University of Hawaii Press. 660 pp. Michael Somare Library, Pacific Law Catalogue - 1989, University of Papua New Guinea. Softbound, 63 pp Powles, Guy and Purlea, Mere, , Editors, Pacific Courts and Legal Systems, , University of the South Pacific, 1988. Softbound, 376 pp Rubinstein, Donald H. And Dames, Vivian L., eds. Uncle Sam in Micronesia: Social Benefits, Social Costs. Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam 1989. Softbound 131 pp. Smurr, J.W., Territorial Jurisprudence (What the Judges Said About Frontier Government in the United States of America During the Years 1787-1900), University Microfilms, 1970. Softbound, 2 vols. Pt. 1, 521 pp., Pt. 2 pp 522 - 1012. U. S. Department of the Interior, The Application of Federal Laws in American Samoa, Guam, The Northern Mariana Island, The U.S. Virgin Islands Washington, D.C. October 1993. Volume 1 - U.S. Code Titles 1 - 16. Softbound. Pp 1 - 463. U. S. Department of the Interior, The Application of Federal Laws in American Samoa, Guam, The Northern Mariana Island, The U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington, D.C. October 1993. Volume 2 - U.S. Code Titles 17 - 39. Softbound. Pp 464 - 990 U.S. Department of the Interior, The Application of Federal Laws in American Samoa, Guam, The Northern Mariana Island, The U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington, D.C. October 1993. Volume 3 - U.S. Code Titles 40 - 50. Softbound. Pp 991 - 1467. U. S. Department of the Interior, Protecting Historic Properties and Cultural Traditions in the Freely Associated States of Micronesia - A Report on Cultural Resource Management


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Needs in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, The Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau (Micronesian Resources Study). March 1994, Softbound 59pp. Law Library/Pacific Islands Legal Materials/PILM-2011

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