Nā Kānāwai Mua a me nā Kānāwai Hope

E hana mau ana mākou me ke keʻena o ka Hale Waihona Palapala Kahiko o Hawaiʻi Mokuʻāina i hana ʻia nā kiʻi kikohoʻe o nā Kānāwai a pau i kau ʻia ma Hawaiʻi nei. I loko o ua waihona nei, e nānā nui ʻia ana nā Kānāwai mai ka wā mai o ke Aupuni Mōʻī. ʻAʻohe nele ma ka loaʻa. Ma o ka helu KFH 561 .A3 e loaʻa ai nā palapala kumu o nā Kānāwai i ka mea ʻimi noiʻi.

ʻO ke “Kānāwai” he kānāwai i kau pono ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i hoʻomana ʻia a hoʻokuleana ʻia e ka mana kau kānāwai. No laila, he mana e hiki ai i kēlā ʻAhaʻōlelo ke hoʻoholo i nā kānāwai ma luna o kekahi kuleana (e laʻa me ke Aupuni Mōʻī, ke Aupuni Kūikawā, ke Lepupalika, ke Teritori, ka Mokuʻāina a me ke Kalana).

Ma ka ʻōlelo haole, he mau huaʻōlelo no ia mea he kānāwai, a ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, he mau huaʻōlelo o ia ʻano pū kekahi: (statute, law, act, enactment). Kapa ʻia nā kānāwai i paʻi ʻia e like me ke ʻano i hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ai lākou he: “session law.” Akā, inā ua ʻohiʻohi ʻia nā kānāwai like ʻole a hoʻonoho ʻia ma nā kumu like ʻole, kapa ʻia lākou he “Code, compiled laws, a me nā Revised statutes.” ʻO nā “Codes” he mau puke o ka hoʻonoho hou ʻia ʻana o nā kānāwai e like me nā kumuhana o kēlā me kēia kānāwai e hoʻoponopono ai. ʻO kekahi laʻana o ua ʻano puke nei, he Puke Kānāwai Kalaima. He papa kuhikuhi o kēia ʻano puke i hiki ai i ka mea heluhelu ke ʻimi i kona mea e makemake ai a loaʻa. Ma nā puke o kēia ʻano, hānai ʻia a mālama pono ʻia nā ʻōlelo hoʻololi o kēlā me kēia kānāwai.

Hiki nō ke loaʻa nā kiʻi i loko o kēia waihona ma ke kaomi ʻana o nā loulou waihona ma lalo iho nei.

Early Laws by Decade:
  • Undated
  • 1820-1829
  • 1830-1839
  • 1840-1849

  • Statutes by Decade:
  • 1830-1839
  • 1840-1849
  • 1850-1859
  • 1860-1869
  • 1880-1889
  • 1890-1899
  • 1900-1909