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Francis A. Boyle, Restoring the Kingdom of Hawaii: The Kanaka Maoli Route to Independence

Francis A. Boyle, Restoring the Kingdom of Hawaii: The Kanaka Maoli Route to Independence ­ CRITIQUE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE LILIANA POPA Francis A. Boyle, Restoring the Kingdom of Hawaii: The Kanaka Maoli Route to Independence (Clarity Press, 2014), 196 pages, $19.95, ISBN: 9780986073175. Restoring the Kingdom of Hawaii is a powerful book on one of the most controversial matters of international law in today's world: `self-determination' ­ the right of all peoples to govern themselves by themselves, without alien interference, so as to freely determine their political status and economic, social and cultural development. Despite the clear definition provided for `selfdetermination' in seminal international law instruments adopted many decades ago, and the higher rank that `self-determination' enjoys now in the hierarchy of legal norms (as jus cogens), it is still a controversial matter. Some of the biggest controversies in the scholarship concern the implementation of selfdetermination, and the fact that this concept always appeals to states' sensibility vis-à-vis territorial integrity. So `who is the subject', or `who is entitled' to the right of self-determination and `how should it be exercised' ­ it remains a problematic question. Professor Boyle pleads magistrally in this book the case for the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom from the perspective of the international law right of self-determination. His analysis http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of International and Comparative Law Edinburgh University Press

Francis A. Boyle, Restoring the Kingdom of Hawaii: The Kanaka Maoli Route to Independence

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Book Review – Critique Bibliographique; African Studies
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­ CRITIQUE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE LILIANA POPA Francis A. Boyle, Restoring the Kingdom of Hawaii: The Kanaka Maoli Route to Independence (Clarity Press, 2014), 196 pages, $19.95, ISBN: 9780986073175. Restoring the Kingdom of Hawaii is a powerful book on one of the most controversial matters of international law in today's world: `self-determination' ­ the right of all peoples to govern themselves by themselves, without alien interference, so as to freely determine their political status and economic, social and cultural development. Despite the clear definition provided for `selfdetermination' in seminal international law instruments adopted many decades ago, and the higher rank that `self-determination' enjoys now in the hierarchy of legal norms (as jus cogens), it is still a controversial matter. Some of the biggest controversies in the scholarship concern the implementation of selfdetermination, and the fact that this concept always appeals to states' sensibility vis-à-vis territorial integrity. So `who is the subject', or `who is entitled' to the right of self-determination and `how should it be exercised' ­ it remains a problematic question. Professor Boyle pleads magistrally in this book the case for the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom from the perspective of the international law right of self-determination. His analysis

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African Journal of International and Comparative Law – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Aug 1, 2016

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