- Judiciary
- Legislature
- Executive Government
- Administrative Resources
- City and County Information
- Hawai‘i Law Organizations
- Newspapers, Magazines and Journals
- Akaka Bill
- Arakaki et al v. Cayetano
- Ceded Lands Dispute
- Kamehameha Schools
- Voting in OHA Elections
- Other Hawai‘i Information Links
JUDICIARY
State Courts
Overview of Hawai‘i Judicial System
How Hawai‘i Courts are Structured
Hawai‘i Intermediate Court of Appeals
Hawai‘i Appellate Courts Citation Form Handbook .pdf
Federal Courts - Hawaii
U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Hawaii
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circui
LEGISLATURE
Legislative Reference Bureau Library
EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT
Hawai‘i State Government Official Website
Directory of Hawai‘i Government Officials
Hawaiian Sex Offender Registry, and Adult criminal conviction information.
Economic, census & population, and visitor statistics provided by the Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism.
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 Information Practices
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 (BROKEN LINK)(via Hawai‘i State Bar Association)
Legal Research links including selected Administrative Decisions and 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.
Hawai‘i State Agencies - Web Directory
CITY AND COUNTY INFORMATION
Unofficial version. Updated to contain ordinances effective through 07/31/2009.
Latest supplements, index, legislative history
Hawai‘i County Government Website
Honolulu City and County Government Website (Oahu)
Revised Ordinances of Honolulu
Updated to include sections affected in 2010.
Kauai County Government Website
Kauai County Code is not available online.
The Kauai County Council has selected ordinances and resolutions available online.
Maui County Government Website (Maui, Molokai, Lanai)
Current through Ordinance 3670, passed July 17, 2009.
Latest Ordinances from Ordinance 3671--
HAWAI‘I LAW ORGANIZATIONS
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.
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.
Links to various national and state newspapers and magazines. Provided by the Hawai‘i Legislative Reference Bureau.
AKAKA BILL
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.(BROKENLINK)
Native Hawaiians against the Akaka Bill.(BROKENLINK)
Q & A section from Honolulu Advertiser 2005 article.
ARAKAKI ET AL V. CAYETANO ET AL
CEDED LANDS DISPUTE
KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS
Kamehameha Schools Admissions Challenge
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.
March 13, 2000
Roundtable discussing Hawaiian sovereignty, moderated by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
2006 comprehensive statistical profile of the current status of the Native Hawaiian community. Published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.