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:-
- Pre Constitution Laws and Regulations 1831-1837
- Pre Constitution Laws and Regulations 1838-39
- Hawaiian Spectator (includes 1839 Constitution)
- Pre Constitution Laws and Regulations 1839
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- Pre Constitution Laws and Regulations 1840
- 1 LG 4 Rules and Regulations 1843
- Rules and Regulations of the King and Council 1843
Statutes by Decade:
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- Ke Kumu Kanawai a me Ke Kanawai Hooponopono Waiwai, 1840
- Ke Kumu Kanawai a me Ke Kanawai, 1841
- Translation of the Constitution and Laws, 1842
- Ke Kumu Kanawai a me Na Kanawai, 1842
- Statute Laws of His Majesty, 1846
- Kanawai i Kauia e ka Moi, 1846
- Statute Laws of His Majesty, 1847
- Kanawai i Kauia e ka Moi, 1847
- A Supplement to the Statute Laws of His Majesty, 1848
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- He Kanawai Hoopai Karaima, 1850
- Penal Code, 1850
- Civil Code of the Hawaiian Islands, 1859 [copy 1]
- Civil Code of the Hawaiian Islands, 1859 [copy 2]
- O Na Kanawai Kivila o ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 1859
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- Statutes of the Hawaiian Kingdom Relating to Apprentices and Contract Laborers, 1882 (see Kahn - Laws page)
- Compiled Laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom, 1884
- Na Kanawai Kivila o ke Aupuni Hawaii, 1889
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- 1893 Laws of the Provisional Government, 1893
- Penal Laws of the Hawaiian Islands, 1897
- Civil Laws of the Hawaiian Islands, 1897