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Attorney: U.S. must leave
Thursday, December 30, 2004 11:47 AM HST
International law expert says America has a duty to set Hawaii Islands free
By PETER SUR
Tribune-Herald staff writer
A professor of international law contends that the so-called Akaka Bill would strip Hawaiians of their right to self-determination.
He also says independence would be best achieved through international law.
Speaking Wednesday afternoon at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Francis A. Boyle, who teaches at the University of Illinois, offered an ominous vision of the legislation that, as the bill states, would "provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity."Native Hawaiian governing entity."
Attorney: U.S. must leave
Thursday, December 30, 2004 11:47 AM HST
International law expert says America has a duty to set Hawaii Islands free
By PETER SUR
Tribune-Herald staff writer
A professor of international law contends that the so-called Akaka Bill would strip Hawaiians of their right to self-determination.
He also says independence would be best achieved through international law.
Speaking Wednesday afternoon at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Francis A. Boyle, who teaches at the University of Illinois, offered an ominous vision of the legislation that, as the bill states, would "provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity."Native Hawaiian governing entity."
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