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Hawai'i
| Location |
N Central Pacific Ocean, W of Mexico |
| Latitude and longitude |
21 00 N, 158 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
United States of America |
| Political status notes |
A State of the United States of America; includes the islands of Oahu,
Hawai段, Kaua段,
and Maui, among others |
| Population |
1,244,898 |
| Census notes |
est. 2002 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
16,637 |
| Capital |
Honolulu |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Hawai段 State
Constitution, from the Government of the State of Hawai段 |
Other legal documents online
|
| Hawai'i Supreme Court and Hawai'i Intermediate Court of Appeals
Opinions and Orders, from the Hawai'i Supreme Court Law Library |
| Hawaii
Revised Statutes, current bills and resolutions, and other
documents of the Hawaii State Legislature |
| Hawaiian
Journal of Law & Politics |
| The
Annexation of Hawaii: A Collection of Documents,
from the Special Collections of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Libraries |
| U.S.
Occupation, from the Hawaiian Kingdom, includes a
collection of documents on the United States annexation of Hawaii |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Hawaii,
from Radio Australia痴 Charting the Pacific |
| Hawai'i,
from Radio Australia痴 Time to Talk |
| Hawaiian
Islands National Wildlife Refuge, consisting of Nihoa, Necker,
French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Maro Reef, Laysan, Lisianski,
and Pearl and Hermes Reef in the northwestern Hawaiian islands; from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the |
| State
of Hawai段 |
| United States
Census Bureau, Hawaii
Quick Facts |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Some
Aspects of Law in Hawai'i, by Damien P. Horigan, from volume 5
of the Journal of South Pacific Law (2001)(slow-loading) |
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