Resources with call numbers are in print format located in the Law Library. Most will be found in the Hawaiian Collection located in the lobby area.
LLMC (Law Library Microform Consortium, located in Kaneohe) scans original images and makes them searchable. You can find many rare publications relating to Hawaii's legal history at this site.
Available to UH Manoa via LLMC-Digital http://lawproxy.lib.hawaii.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.llmc.com.
Ka Huli Ao was established in 2005 at the Law School through a Native Hawaiian Education Act grant. In collaboration with the Hawai‘i State Archives, Ka Huli Ao 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.
Please Note: The archives of Ka Huli Ao are not in the Law Library. Ka Huli Ao maintains its own physical and virtual spaces.
Constitution of 1840 (October 8, 1840) (Monarch: Kamehameha III) In The Fundamental Law of Hawaii, Lorrin A. Thurston, ed. pp. 1-9. Available to UH Manoa via LLMC-Digital http://lawproxy.lib.hawaii.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.llmc.com. Also available via Google Books at https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Fundamental_Law_of_Hawaii.html?id=vW9LAQAAIAAJ.
- King shall be the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom (King, Premier, four appointees of the representative body = six person Supreme Court of the Kingdom)
- King can appoint a prime minister
- King can appoint four island governors
- House of Nobles (hereditary)
- Representative body
Constitution of 1852 (June 14, 1852) (Monarch: Kamehameha III) In The Fundamental Law of Hawaii, Lorrin A. Thurston, ed. pp. 155-168. Available to UH Manoa via LLMC-Digital http://lawproxy.lib.hawaii.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.llmc.com. Also available via Google Books at https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Fundamental_Law_of_Hawaii.html?id=vW9LAQAAIAAJ.
- King can appoint a "special counselor" - Kuhina Nui
- King can appoint an advisory privy council of state, ministers, governors
- A legislative body comprised of the house of nobles and the house of representatives
- Appointed 3-member Supreme Court
- Chief Justice became the chancellor of the kingdom
- Inferior courts established by the legislature
Constitution of 1864 (August 20, 1864) (Monarch: Kamehameha V) In The Fundamental Law of Hawaii, Lorrin A. Thurston, ed. pp. 169-179. Available to UH Manoa via LLMC-Digital http://lawproxy.lib.hawaii.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.llmc.com. Also available via Google Books at https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Fundamental_Law_of_Hawaii.html?id=vW9LAQAAIAAJ.
- Kamehameha V refused to take the oath upholding the 1852 Constitution
- He abolished the 1852 Constitution
- Abolished universal suffrage in favor of property and literacy qualifications on voting
Constitution of 1887 (July 6, 1887) (Monarch: Kalākaua) In The Fundamental Law of Hawaii, Lorrin A. Thurston, ed. pp. 181-194. Available to UH Manoa via LLMC-Digital http://lawproxy.lib.hawaii.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.llmc.com. Also available via Google Books at https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Fundamental_Law_of_Hawaii.html?id=vW9LAQAAIAAJ.
- Also known as the "Bayonet Constitution of 1887" because it was imposed on the king by a group led by publisher Lorrin A. Thurston.
Constitution of 1894 (July 4, 1894) Available via Google Books https://books.google.com/books/about/Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_Hawaii.html?id=9zFOAAAAYAAJ
Organic Act of 1900 (June 14, 1900)
The Constitution of the State of Hawaii can be amended in one of two ways:
Constitutional Conventions since 1898:
The current Hawai`i Constitution can be found online at the Legislative Reference Bureau's site and in various other resources in the Law Library. Print resources are located in Hawaii collection in the Law Library lobby area. The Law Library has the official as well as the two unofficial statutory compilations for Hawaii in print.