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582E
LWPA
Comparative Indigenous Rights
UH Mānoa Catalog Description
Topics-Native Hawaiian Law (V) Specific topic areas will be the subject of focus from year to year, depending upon current developments and issues in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous law in Hawai'i, the nation, and internationally, and expertise of faculty and visiting faculty. (B) policy and governance; (C) business and economic development; (D) law and culture; (E) Indigenous peoples, (F) Indigenous environment and sustainability. Repeatable up to 9 credits. LAW students only. Pre: 581.
Notes
This is a 3-credit course that examines, compares, and contrasts legal frameworks for defining and enforcing indigenous legal rights in the United States and in other countries. The course will focus initially on Native American legal rights in the United States with an emphasis on Federal Indian Law and Native Hawaiian Law and then expand to examine International Indigenous Human Rights Law and its application in the U.S. and throughout the world. The course will also explore indigenous rights in other Pacific nations, parts of Asia, as well as in Canada.
Credit(s) for this CRN
3
Instructor Approval
No
Competition
No
Clinical Requirement
No
Certificate(s)
Native Hawaiian Law
Prerequisites/Recommended
(Recommended)
Semesters Offered
| Class | Instructor(s) | Term |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| View class page | Uʻilani Tanigawa Lum '19 |
Fall
|
2022 |
| View class page | Williamson B.C. Chang |
Fall
|
2014 |
| View class page | Williamson B.C. Chang |
Fall
|
2013 |
