Water and the Law in Hawai'i
Water and the Law in Hawaii provides an intellectual and legal framework for understanding both the past and future of Hawaii's freshwater resources. It covers not only the laws governing the balancing act between preservation and use, but also the science of aquifers and streams and the customs and traditions practiced by ancient and present-day Hawaiians on the land and in the water. In placing Hawaii water law in the context of its historical development, the author condenses an enormous...
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Miike (who has served as Hawai'i State Director of Health and as a member of the Commission on Water Resource Management) examines the current state of fresh water resource regulation in Hawai'i, partly through the reconstruction of its historical development. He discusses traditional water rights in the Kingdom of Hawai'i and the impact of the Hawai'i Supreme Court decisions on water rights. After covering the major conceptual issues of Hawaiian water law, he includes a chapter examining a controversy that includes all of these issues: the debate over the Waiahole Ditch, an irrigation system of tunnels bringing windward waters to the arid, leeward area of O'ahu. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
List of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction1Aquifers, Streams, and Things12Hawaiian Mythology and Social Structure193Land and Water in the Kingdom of Hawaii404Traditional and Customary Rights on Private Property585Water Law in Hawaii746The Waiahole Ditch Controversy1377Water and the Future205Notes239Index261
