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Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise.

Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise.

Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise.

Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise.

Democracy depends on the free flow of information.  Hawai’i’s open meetings and public records laws have long stated that “[o]pening up the government processes to public scrutiny and participation is the only viable and reasonable method of protecting the public’s interest.”  HRS §§ 92-1, 92F-2.  This course reviews circumstances in which a Board or agency has limited public access to a… Continue reading Advanced Legal Studies

     

Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise.

Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise.

This course examines the evolution of the rights of Native Hawaiians to land and resources and the important statutes and laws affecting Native Hawaiians. Areas of study include the Hawaiian land tenure system, the Mahele and conversion to fee-simple land system, traditional and customary rights, the public land trust (Government & Crown Lands), the Hawaiian… Continue reading Native Hawaiian Rights