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Hawaiʻi Legal Resources

Hawai‘i State Constitution

JUDICIARY

State Courts

Hawai‘i State Judiciary

Overview of Hawai‘i Judicial System

How Hawai‘i Courts are Structured

Hawai‘i Supreme Court

Hawai‘i Intermediate Court of Appeals

Circuit Courts

District Courts

Land and Tax Appeals Courts

Hawai‘i Court Rules

Hawai‘i Court Forms

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 

Hawai‘i Revised Statutes

Hawai‘i State Legislature

Legislative Aids and Manuals

Legislation - Bill Status

Legislative Reference Bureau Library

EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT

Hawai‘i State Government Official Website

Directory of Hawai‘i Government Officials

Office of the Governor

Office of the Lt. Governor

Attorney General of Hawaii

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

Office of Information Practices

State Ethics Commission

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.

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  

Hawai‘i County Code

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

Latest supplements, index, legislative history

Hawai‘i County Charter

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.

Kauai County Charter

The Kauai County Council has selected ordinances and resolutions available online.

Maui County Government Website (Maui, Molokai, Lanai)

Maui County Code

Current through Ordinance 3670, passed July 17, 2009.

Latest Ordinances from Ordinance 3671--

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

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.(BROKENLINK)

Native Hawaiians against the Akaka Bill.(BROKENLINK)

Q & A section from Honolulu Advertiser 2005 article.

ARAKAKI ET AL V. CAYETANO ET AL

 Challenging the constitutionality of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands .pdf

CEDED LANDS DISPUTE

OHA v. HCDCH .pdf

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS

Kamehameha Schools Admissions Challenge

VOTING IN OHA ELECTIONS

Rice v. Cayetano on FindLaw    

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