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Overview of Hawai‘i Judicial System
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Legislature
- Hawai‘i Revised Statutes
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Executive Government
- Hawai‘i State Government Official Website
- Directory of Hawai‘i Government Officials
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- Criminal Justice Data Center
Hawaiian Sex Offender Registry, and Adult criminal conviction information. - Data and Statistics
Economic, census & population, and visitor statistics provided by the Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism. - Government Forms for Hawaii
- Guide to Government in Hawai‘i .pdf (2.2MB)
Thirteenth Edition, December 2007 - Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission
- Hawai‘i State Agencies - Web Directory
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs
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Administrative Resources
- Administrative Decisions
- Links to Administrative Decisions (via Hawai‘i State Law Library)
Provides links to Attorney General Opinions and Agency Decisions available online. Updated regularly. - Links to Administrative Decisions (via Hawai‘i State Bar Association)
Legal Research links including selected Administrative Decisions and Attorney General Opinions.
- Links to Administrative Decisions (via Hawai‘i State Law Library)
- Attorney General Opinions
1987-Present. Chronologically listed, but not searchable by title or subject. - Hawai‘i Administrative Rules
- Links to Administrative Rules (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 (via the Legislative Reference Bureau)
This site provides links to various state Department and Agency websites containing Administrative Rules.
- Links to Administrative Rules (via Office of the Lt. Governor)
- Hawai‘i State Agencies - Web Directory
City and County Information
- Hawai‘i County Code
Unofficial version. Updated to contain ordinances effective through June 30, 2007. - Honolulu City and County Government Website (Oahu)
- Revised Ordinances of Honolulu
Updated to include sections affected in 2007.
- Revised Ordinances of Honolulu
- Kauai County Government Website
- Kauai County Code is not available online.
The Kauai County Council has selected ordinances and resolutions available online.
- Kauai County Code is not available online.
- Maui County Government Website (Maui, Molokai, Lanai)
- Maui County Code
Current through June 15, 2007.
- Maui County Code
Hawai‘i Law Organizations
- ACLU of Hawaii
- Center for Labor Education and Research
Short descriptions and links to various federal and state labor laws. Provided by the University of Hawaii, West Oahu. - Hawai‘i State Bar Association
- Hawaiian Society of Law and Politics
- Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
- Native Hawaiian Bar Association
- Volunteer Legal Services of Hawai‘i
Newspapers, Magazines and Journals
- Asia Pacific Law and Policy Journal
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
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
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”.
- Current status of the bill (it passed in the House last October)
- Senator Akaka's website with information about the bill.
- Article by Professor Jon Van Dyke from the Hawaiʻi Reporter supporting the Akaka Bill.
- Native Hawaiians against the Akaka Bill.
- Q & A section from Honolulu Advertiser 2005 article.
Arakaki et al v. Cayetano et al
Ceded Lands Dispute
Kamehameha Schools
Voting in OHA Elections
Other Hawai‘i Information Links
- The Hawaiian Electronic Library
Available in both Hawaiian langauge and English, this site contains language information, genealogies, place names, dictionaries, and other Hawaiiana resources. - Hawaiian Independence
- Hawaiian Roundtable
March 13, 2000
Roundtable discussing Hawaiian sovereignty, moderated by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. - Native Hawaiian Databook
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
