Who owns the Crown lands of Hawaii?
By: Jon M. Van Dyke.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780824832100; 9780824832117
Subjects: Crown lands -- Law and legislation -- Hawaii; Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Hawaii; Public lands -- Hawaii; Hawaiians -- Claims
Description: "In this engrossing work, Jon Van Dyke describes and analyzes in detail the complex cultural and legal history of Hawai'i's Crown Lands. He argues that these lands must be examined as a separate entity and their unique status recognized. Government Lands were created to provide for the needs of the general population; Crown Lands were part of the personal domain of Kamehameha III and evolved into a resource designed to support the mo'i, who in turn supported the Native Hawaiian people. The question of who owns Hawai'i's Crown Lands today is of singular importance for Native Hawaiians in their quest for recognition and sovereignty, and this volume will become a primary resource on a fundamental issue underlying Native Hawaiian birthrights"--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.459-469) and index.
Table of contents: title: Land tenure at the eve of Western contact; title: Before the Mahele; title: The Mahele; title: The government lands; title: The transfer of lands from Kauikeaouli to Alexander Liholiho  (1854-55); title: The passing of Alexander Liholiho (1863); title: In the matter of the estate of his Majesty Kamehameha IV (1864); title: The 1865 statute making the Crown lands inalienable; title: The ascension of William Charles Lunalilo to the throne (1872); title: The transition between the Kamehameha line and Kaläkaua's Keawe-a-heulu line; title: Claus Spreckels, Princess Ruth Keelikolani, and the claim to a half; title: Interest in the Crown lands; title: The inalienable Crown lands (1865-93); title: 1887 Bayonet Constitution and the Reciprocity/Pearl-Harbor Treaty : preludes to overthrow; title: Population, voting and citizenship in the Kingdom of Hawaii; title: The 1893 overthrow of the kingdom; title: The Republic of Hawaii (1894-98); title: The 1895 Land Act; title: Annexation by the United States (1898); title: The Crown lands during the territorial period (1898-1959); title: Liliuokalani v. United States (1910); title: The Hawaiian homes Commission Act (1921); title: Statehood (1959-present); title: The painful irony of Rice v. Cayetano (2000); title: The Kamehameha schools; title: The other Alii trusts; title: The British crown lands; title: Claims of Alii descendants; title: Summary and conclusions.