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Kuleana land titled dated August 30, 1853, and signed “Kamehameha," from Treasures from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Libraries. Click here to view the original image.

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Affairs in Hawaii (Blount Report) by United States. Congress (53rd, 3rd session: 1894-1895). House.
Call Number: HAWN DU627.19 .U58 READ ONLINE (eVols)
Hawaiian Laws 1841-1842, or, Translation of the Constitution and Laws of the Hawaiian Islands
Call Number: HAWN KFH401 1842 .A4213
Native Hawaiian Law: A Treatise by Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie, Editor in Chief
Call Number: HAWN KFH454 .N37 2015
Publication Date: 2015

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Hawai'i Laws Online
Crafted from a print manuscript this guide contains a checklist of the statute laws, compiled laws and constitutions. It was expanded under the direction of Roberta Woods, and now includes links to online resources like Google Books, the Internet Archive, LLMC Digital, and Punawaiola.
Hawai‘i Legal Resources
A guide to various legal departments and cases from around the state of Hawai'i.
Hawai‘i State Law Library System
The Hawai‘i State Law Library System (HSLLS) collects, organizes and disseminates information and materials related to legal research and judicial administration. The Supreme Court Law Library serves as the administrative headquarters for the HSLLS.

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Ava Konohiki
Spearheaded by Dr. Lilikala Kameʻeleihiwa at Kamakakuokalani, Center for Hawaiian Studies at UH Manoa, this database has Kingdom of Hawaiʻi documents that were written and produced in the 1840s and 1850 to help us better understand how Hawaiian lands transitioned into private ownership.
Ka Huli Ao Digital Archives
Ka Huli Ao Digital Archives is dedicated to the collection and dissemination of digitized documents of legal, historic and cultural significance for Hawai‘i. In collaboration with the Hawai‘i State Archives we have amassed a collection of approximately three hundred thousand images of historic documents ranging from the Kingdom of Hawai‘i's original Constitution to the journals of the proceedings of the House of Nobles.
Law Library Microform Consortium
LLMC is a non-profit cooperative of libraries dedicated to the twin goals of, preserving legal titles and government documents on film, while making copies inexpensively available either in microfiche format or digitally through its on-line service LLMC-Digital.

HIST 284 - History of Hawai'i: Government & Legal Documents

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