ABSTRACT Bernard Narokobi dedicated his career as a law reformer, jurist and parliamentarian to making Papua New Guinea’s legal system a catalyst for a distinctively Melanesian philosophy. This philosophy, ‘the Melanesian Way’, emphasized Papua New Guineans’ embeddedness within their local social worlds, including spirits and the natural environment. The legal foundation for the Melanesian Way was set down in the National Goals and Directive Principles and Basic Social Obligations, which are stated in the Preamble to the Constitution of Papua New Guinea. These make the ideals of social justice, participatory democracy, national sovereignty and sustainable development a legal aspiration and an impetus for formally recognizing the social forms that Papua New Guinean people themselves experience as providing order in their lives. Legislation that Narokobi promoted over the course of his career offered practical mechanisms for operationalizing these ideals in accordance with their original constitutional foundation.

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巴布亚新几内亚法律体系中的那罗科比的美拉尼西亚哲学

摘要伯纳德·纳罗科比（Bernard Narokobi）致力于法律改革，法学家和议员的事业，致力于使巴布亚新几内亚的法律制度成为独特的美拉尼西亚哲学的催化剂。这种名为“美拉尼西亚人的方式”的哲学强调了巴布亚新几内亚人在其当地社会世界（包括烈酒和自然环境）中的嵌入。在巴布亚新几内亚宪法的序言中阐明的国家目标，指令原则和基本社会义务为美拉尼西亚人的道路奠定了法律基础。这些使社会正义，参与性民主，国家主权和可持续发展的理想成为正式承认巴布亚新几内亚人民自己生活中提供秩序的社会形式的法律诉求和动力。