Professor Ross Cranston visited New Guinea last year to undertake judicial training with the country’s Supreme Court. The visit was under the auspices of the Judicial Office of England and Wales.
During the visit he was told that the courts in the country were short of books on English common law. Nothing seemed to have come of earlier efforts to do something about it.
As a patron of the International Law Book Facility Professor Cranston thought he might be able to help.
“The IBLF is wonderful charity which distributes second-hand law books around the world. In most countries it doesn’t matter that the books are slightly out of date because the recipients are interested in the principles, not the latest state of English law.”
Since it began in 2005 IBLF have shipped over 50,000 books to 180 organisations in 50 countries supporting judges, law commissions, pro bono organisations and law students.
Professor Cranston gave his own law library to the University of Ghana through the charity.
A shipment to New Guinea of 154 boxes of books from IBLF arrived in Port Moresby recently.
There was an official hand-over ceremony to Sir Salamo Injia on 30th May by Simon Tonge, the UK High Commissioner.