Hawajskie prawodawstwo wyborcze w latach 1840–1864

• Authors: Rakowski Maciej

Title variants

EN

Hawaiian electoral legislation in the years 1840–1864

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

PL

Dzieje Królestwa Hawajów (1810–1893) to historia szybkiej modernizacji i westernizacji społeczeństwa wysp, w tym jego systemu prawnego. Hawajskie prawo wyborcze rozwijało się od 1840 r., to jest od ustanowienia wybieralnej Izby Reprezentantów. Wydany wtedy edykt stanowił mało precyzyjną regulację zasad wyłaniania deputowanych, na których głosowano wysyłając listy do władcy. Ustawa wyborcza z 1850 r. okazała się aktem znacznie bardziej nowoczesnym. Podkreślić przy tym należy, że prawo głosu było wówczas powszechne (choć tylko dla mężczyzn). W artykule przedstawiono hawajskie ustawodawstwo wyborcze do reformy przeprowadzonej w 1864 r., gdy nowa ustawa zasadnicza przyniosła istotne zmiany.

EN

The history of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1810–1893) is a story of the rapid modernization and westernization of the island society, including its legal system. Hawaiian electoral law existed since 1840, when The House of Representatives with elective members was established by the first constitution. The edict issued then was an imprecise, even primitive, regulation of the rules of electing deputies. People entitled to vote voted by sending letters to the monarch. The electoral act of 1850 can be regarded as much more modern one. It should be emphasized that at that time the right to vote was universal (though only for male citizens). The article presents the Hawaiian electoral legislation till the reform of 1864, when important changes took place.

Keywords

PL

prawo wyborcze; Królestwo Hawajów; historia ustroju Hawajów

EN

electoral law; the Kingdom of Hawaii; Hawaiian constitutional history

• Publisher: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Stowarzyszenie
• Journal: Studia Wyborcze
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 27
• Pages: 109-124

Contributors

author

Rakowski Maciej

• Zakład Badań nad Rozwojem Administracji i Prawa, Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Uniwersytet Łódzki

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