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David Keanu Sai

DR. DAVID KEANU SAI


PUBLICATIONS:

Book, "Ua Mau Ke Ea-Sovereignty Endures: An Overview of the Political and Legal History of the Hawaiian Islands." (Pu`a Foundation, Honolulu, 2011).

Article, "1893 Cleveland-Lili`uokalani Executive Agreements." November 28, 2009 (unpublished).

  • "Lili`uokalani Assignment (administration of Hawaiian Kingdom law)," Presidential Message to Congress, December 18, 1893.
  • "Restoration Agreement (restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom government)," Appendix II, Foreign Relations: Affairs in Hawai`i, Presidential Message to Congress, January 13, 1894.

Article, "Establishing an Acting Regency: A Countermeasure Necessitated to Preserve the Hawaiian State." November 28, 2009 (unpublished).

Book, "Land Titles in the Hawaiian Islands: From Origins to the Present (forthcoming)." Contract signed May 7, 2009, University of Hawai`i Press.

Article, "The Myth of Ceded Lands and the State's Claim to Perfect Title." Ka Wai Ola o OHA Newspaper, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, April 2009.

Book, "American Occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom: Beginning the Transition from Occupied to Restored State (forthcoming)." Contract signed February 13, 2009, University of Hawai`i Press.

Doctoral Dissertation, "The American Occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom: Beginning the Transition from Occupied to Restored State." University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Political Science, December 20, 2008 (to be published).

Article, "A Slippery Path towards Hawaiian Indigeneity: An Analysis and Comparison between Hawaiian State Sovereignty and Hawaiian Indigeneity and its Use and Practice in Hawai`i Today," Journal of Law and Social Challenges (San Francisco School of Law), Vol. 10 (Fall 2008).

Book Review for "Kahana: How the Land was Lost," The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2005).

Article, "Experts Validate Legitimacy of International Law Case." Ka Wai Ola o OHA Newspaper, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, August 2004.

"American Occupation of the Hawaiian State: A Century Unchecked," Hawaiian Journal of Law and Politics, vol. 1 (Summer 2004), online journal at: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~hslp/journal.html.

Article, "Hawaiian Neutrality and the Iraqi Conflict," May 9, 2003 (unpublished).

Article, "The Indian Commerce Clause sheds Light on Question of Federal Authority over Hawaiians," Ka Wai Ola o OHA Newspaper, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, September 2003.

Article, "Before Annexation: Sleight of Hand-Illusion of the Century." Ka Wai Ola o OHA Newspaper, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, July 1998.

"Unpublished Short Essays" on line at http://hawaiiankingdom.org/info-nationals.shtml

  • "The Hawaiian Kingdom: A Constitutional Monarchy"
  • "The Relationship between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States"
  • "Revisiting the Fake Revolution of January 17, 1893"
  • "What does TWA Flight 800 and the Hawaiian Kingdom have in Common"
  • "American Migration to the Hawaiian Kingdom and the Push for State into the American Union"
  • "Hawaiian Nationality: Who Comprises the Hawaiian Citizenry?"
  • "The Vision of the acting Council of Regency"