Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai‘i? 9780824865603

The 1846-1848 Mahele (division) transformed the lands of Hawai‘i from a shared value into private property, but left man

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Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai‘i?
 9780824865603

Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Land Tenure on the Eve of Western Contact
3. Before the Mahele
4. The Mahele
5. The Government Lands
6. The Transfer of Lands from Kauikeaouli to Alexander Liholiho (1854–55)
7. The Passing of Alexander Liholiho (1863)
8. In the Matter of the Estate of His Majesty Kamehameha IV (1864)
9. The 1865 Statute Making the Crown Lands Inalienable
10. The Ascension of William Charles Lunalilo to the Throne (1872)
11. The Transition between the Kamehameha Line and Kaläkaua’s Keawe-a-Heulu Line
12. Claus Spreckels, Princess Ruth Ke‘elikolani, and the Claim to a Half Interest in the Crown Lands
13. The Inalienable Crown Lands (1865–93)
14. The 1887 Bayonet Constitution and the Reciprocity / Pearl Harbor Treaty: Preludes to Overthrow
15. Population, Voting, and Citizenship in the Kingdom of Hawai‘i
16. The 1893 Overthrow of the Kingdom
17. The Republic of Hawaii (1894–98)
18. The 1895 Land Act
19. Annexation by the United States (1898)
20. The Crown Lands during the Territorial Period (1898–1959)
21. Liliuokalani v. United States (1910)
22. The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (1921)
23. Statehood (1959 to Present)
24. The “Painful Irony” of Rice v. Cayetano (2000)
25. The Kamehameha Schools
26. The Other Ali‘i Trusts
27. The British Crown Lands
28. Claims of Ali‘i Descendants
29. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix 1. Principles Adopted by the Land Commission, 1846–47
Appendix 2. An Act Relating to the Crown, Government, and Fort Lands, June 7, 1848
Appendix 3. The Kuleana Act (Enactment of Further Principles), August 6, 1850
Appendix 4. In the Matter of the Estate of His Majesty Kamehameha IV, 2 Hawai‘i 715, 1864 WL 2485 (1864)
Appendix 5. Act Rendering the Crown Lands Inalienable, January 3, 1865
Appendix 6. Joint Resolution of Annexation, July 7, 1898
Appendix 7. Excerpts from the Organic Act, April 30, 1900
Appendix 8. Liliuokalani v. United States, 45 Ct.Cl. 481, 1909 WL 905 (U.S. Court of Claims 1910)
Appendix 9. “Apology Resolution,” November 23, 1993
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
General Index
Case Index
Credits for Photographs

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