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School of Law Resources

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JUDICIARY

State Courts

  • Hawai‘i State Judiciary(link is external)
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  • Hawai‘i Appellate Courts Citation Form Handbook .pdf 

Federal Courts – Hawaii  

  • U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii(link is external)
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Hawaii(link is external)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui (link is external)

 LEGISLATURE 

  • Hawai‘i Revised Statutes(link is external)
  • Hawai‘i State Legislature(link is external)
  • Legislative Aids and Manuals(link is external)
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EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT

  • Hawai‘i State Government Official Website(link is external)
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  • Criminal Justice Data Center(link is external)
  • Hawaiian Sex Offender Registry, and Adult criminal conviction information.
  • Data and Statistics(link is external)

Economic, census & population, and visitor statistics provided by the Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism.

  • Government Forms for Hawaii(link is external)
  • Guide to Government in Hawai‘i .pdf (2.2MB)(link is external)

Thirteenth Edition, December 2007

  • Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission(link is external)
  • Hawai‘i State Agencies – Web Directory(link is external)
  • Office of Hawaiian Affairs(link is external)
  • Office of Information Practices(link is external)
  • State Ethics Commission(link is external)

ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES

Administrative Decisions

  • Links to Administrative Decisions(link is external) (via Hawai‘i State Law Library)

Provides links to Attorney General Opinions and Agency Decisions available online. Updated regularly.

  • Links to Administrative Decisions  (link is external)(BROKEN LINK)(via Hawai‘i State Bar Association)

Legal Research links including selected Administrative Decisions and Attorney General Opinions.

  • Attorney General Opinions(link is external)

1987-Present. Chronologically listed, but not searchable by title or subject.

Hawai‘i Administrative Rules

  • Links to Administrative Rules(link is external) (via Office of the Lt. Governor)

Provides links to selected rules (Titles 2-8, 10-20, 23) and proposed changes. Not all links on website work.

  • Links to Administrative Rules(link is external) (via the Legislative Reference Bureau)

This site provides links to various state Department and Agency websites containing Administrative Rules.

  • Hawai‘i State Agencies – Web Directory(link is external)

  CITY AND COUNTY INFORMATION  

  • Hawai‘i County Code(link is external)

Unofficial version. Updated to contain ordinances effective through 07/31/2009.

  • Latest supplements, index, legislative history(link is external)
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  • Honolulu City and County Government Website (Oahu)(link is external)
  • Revised Ordinances of Honolulu(link is external)

Updated to include sections affected in 2010.

  • Kauai County Government Website(link is external)

Kauai County Code is not available online.

Kauai County Charter(link is external)

The Kauai County Council (link is external)has selected ordinances and resolutions available online.

Maui County Government Website(link is external) (Maui, Molokai, Lanai)

Maui County Code(link is external)

Current through Ordinance 3670, passed July 17, 2009.

Latest Ordinances from Ordinance 3671–(link is external)

HAWAI‘I LAW ORGANIZATIONS

ACLU of Hawaii(link is external)

Center for Labor Education and Research(link is external)

Short descriptions and links to various federal and state labor laws. Provided by the University of Hawaii, West Oahu.

Hawai‘i State Bar Association(link is external)

Legal Aid Society of Hawaii(link is external)

Native Hawaiian Bar Association(link is external)

Volunteer Legal Services of Hawai‘i(link is external)

NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS

Asia Pacific Law and Policy Journal(link is external)

Web-based journal dedicated to issues facing Asia and the Pacific Rim. Current and past issues available online in PDF format. Published by the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Hawaiian Society of Law and Politics: Hawaiian Journal of Law and Politics(link is external)

Journal focusing on national and international issues of the Hawaiian state. Current and past issues available online in PDF format. Published by the Department of Law, Political Science, and the Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Newspapers and Magazines(link is external)

Links to various national and state newspapers and magazines. Provided by the Hawai‘i Legislative Reference Bureau.

AKAKA BILL

Full text of the most recent draft of the bill “Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007”.(link is external)

Current status of the bill (it passed in the House last October)(link is external)

Senator Akaka’s website with information about the bill(link is external).

Article by Professor Jon Van Dyke from the Hawaiʻi Reporter supporting the Akaka Bill.(BROKENLINK)(link is external)

Native Hawaiians against the Akaka Bill.(link is external)(BROKENLINK)(link is external)

Q & A section from Honolulu Advertiser 2005 article.(link is external)

ARAKAKI ET AL V. CAYETANO ET AL

 Challenging the constitutionality of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands .pdf(link is external)

CEDED LANDS DISPUTE

OHA v. HCDCH .pdf(link is external)

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS

Kamehameha Schools Admissions Challenge(link is external)

VOTING IN OHA ELECTIONS

Rice v. Cayetano on FindLaw    (link is external)

OTHER HAWAI‘I INFORMATION LINKS

The Hawaiian Electronic Library(link is external)

Available in both Hawaiian langauge and English, this site contains language information, genealogies, place names, dictionaries, and other Hawaiiana resources.

Hawaiian Independence(link is external)

Hawaiian Roundtable(link is external)

March 13, 2000
Roundtable discussing Hawaiian sovereignty, moderated by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

Native Hawaiian Databook(link is external)

2006 comprehensive statistical profile of the current status of the Native Hawaiian community. Published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Native Hawaiian Legal Research Guides

University of Hawai‘i Libraries Special Collections: The Annexation of Hawaii: A Collection Of Documents

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