Books in the New Guinea Communications, Volume 18 series

Papua New Guinea has an extensive preamble in her Constitution. Part of the preamble is the National Goals and Directive Principles (goals) and Basic Social Obligations (obligations). They set out the objectives of what Papua New Guinea should aspire towards. The Constitution requires all governmental bodies, which includes the judiciary, the parliament, the executive government and Ombudsman Commission to implement them. The book sets out practical, efficient and effective constitutional and legal recommendations for these limbs of government to implement the goals and obligations.