Extract from the upcoming 2026 Edition of "Macmillan's Apostille Handbook for Australian Companies" re American Samoa. 3. AMERICAN SAMOA The Apostille Convention entered into force in the United States, and thereby American Samoa as a US territory, on 15 October 1981. American Samoa’s hybrid history—part Polynesian chiefdom, part U.S. naval outpost—created a governance model unlike any other U.S. territory. The Fono, its legislature, fuses Western parliamentary procedure with indigenous...

Extract from the upcoming 2026 Edition of "Macmillan's Apostille Handbook for Australian Companies" re Abkhazia. 1. ABKHAZIA The Apostille Convention entered into force in Georgia, and thereby Abkhazia, on 14 May 2007. Abkhazia’s political and business environment reflects its unusual blend of post-Soviet governance, isolationist economics, and enduring clan-based custom. President Badra Gunba’s 2025 election consolidated Russian influence while aiming to calm domestic unrest over sovereignty...

Thank you to everyone involved in the  RMIT University  Law Students Society's Careers Evening on 8 May, here in the Melbourne CBD. It...