1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii

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The 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was the first official body of written law in the Hawaiian Islands, primarily for the sovereign state known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Promulgated by Kamehameha III, the version of the Constitution of Hawaiʻi established a constitutional monarchy subjecting even the king to certain principles of democracy.

Prominently featured in the document are the proclamation of the House of Kamehameha as the official dynastic line, establishment of the office of Premier of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, or kuhina nui to be head of government, founding of the legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and House of Nobles, creation of the office of governor of the various islands and recognition of Christianity as an authority.

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Constitution of Hawaii
Kingdom of Hawai'i: 1840 • 1852 • 1864 • 1887 • 1893 Draft
Republic and Territory of Hawai'i: 1894 • 1900 Organic Act
State of Hawai'i Constitutional conventions: 1950 • 1969 • 1978
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