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Don Paterson answered ADG users' questions on land reform, customary and South Pacific Island legal systems and good governance between October 18th and 26th 2007.

This session is now closed. Please visit the ADG forums to view this interesting discussion.

Professor Don Paterson has more than 45 years experience working in and advising on customary law and justice systems, customary land reform, good governance and South Pacific Island legal systems. He has worked in New Zealand, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. See Don Paterson's CV.

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