Benchbooks

Benchbooks are produced in many common and civil law jurisdictions and have proved to be an effective tool for assisting judicial officers in performing their everyday work fairly, correctly and efficiently by providing detailed guidance on legislation, jurisprudence and process.

Benchbooks developed under the Pacific Judicial Education Programme, Phase 1 of the Pacific Judicial Development Programme and Phase 2, and a project between the Federal Court of Australia and the Commonwealth Secretariat include:

• Cook Islands
• The High Court of the Cook Islands 2nd ed. (2012) (pdf-3.2MB)
• Fiji
• The Magistrates Court (2004) (pdf-823KB)
• Kiribati
• The Magistrates Court (2004) (pdf-1.1MB)
• Niue
• The High Court of Niue (2004) (pdf-581KB)
• The Land Court of Niue (2012) (pdf-758KB)
• Samoa
• The Land Titles Court (2003) English (pdf-419KB)
• The Land Titles Court (2003) Samoan (pdf-400KB)
• Solomon Islands
• The Magistrates Court (2004) (pdf-1.1MB)
• Tokelau
• Handbook for the Law Commissioners of Tokelau (2008) English (pdf - 685KB)
• Handbook for the Law Commissioners of Tokelau (2008) Tokelauan (pdf - 1MB)
  
• Tonga
• The Magistrates Court (2004) (pdf-737KB)
• Tuvalu
• The Magistrates Court (2004) (English) (pdf-751KB) | Tuvaluan (pdf-1.3MB)
• Vanuatu
• The Magistrates Court (2004) (pdf-1.3MB)