Shirley Garcia directs the Ulu Lehua Program from 2004-2007.
She was a law student that wrote a Second Year Seminar paper entitled "Life After Ka Paʻakai O Ka ʻAina v. Land Use Commission: Is the Land Use Commission Any Closer to Fulfilling Its Duty to Preserve and Protect the Traditional and Customary Practices of Native Hawaiians?"
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Shirley Garcia directs the Ulu Lehua Program from 2004-2007.
She was a law student that wrote a Second Year Seminar paper entitled "Life After Ka Paʻakai O Ka ʻAina v. Land Use Commission: Is the Land Use Commission Any Closer to Fulfilling Its Duty to Preserve and Protect the Traditional and Customary Practices of Native Hawaiians?"
She was a law student that wrote a Second Year Seminar paper entitled "Life After Ka Paʻakai O Ka ʻAina v. Land Use Commission: Is the Land Use Commission Any Closer to Fulfilling Its Duty to Preserve and Protect the Traditional and Customary Practices of Native Hawaiians?"
Subject
Academic Programs to Serve Hawaiʻiʻs Diverse Peoples
Pre-Admissions Program
Description
Shirley Garcia’s 2002 Second Year Seminar Paper won the Amy C. Richardson Award. Her paper argues for the State of Hawaiʻi to protect the cultural and natural resources of Hawaiʻi through meaningful, consistent, and permanent representation of cultural practitioners in decision-making that affects how land use and development proceeds in the state.
She provides an overview of the
traditional relationship of Native Hawaiians to the ʻāina and historical alienation from lands;
discusses the Ka Paʻakai o ka ʻĀina v. Land Use Commission (LUC) case, and LUC's latest Decision and Order granting Destination Village Kauaʻi's petition to amend district boundaries in the ahupuaʻa of Makaweli, Kauaʻi;
reviews the Decisions and Orders in the analytical framework provided by the Ka Paʻakai court; and
explains why the framework failed to adequately protect traditional and customary rights because individuals enforcing these rights are unable or unwilling to give them sufficient and due consideration.
She provides an overview of the
traditional relationship of Native Hawaiians to the ʻāina and historical alienation from lands;
discusses the Ka Paʻakai o ka ʻĀina v. Land Use Commission (LUC) case, and LUC's latest Decision and Order granting Destination Village Kauaʻi's petition to amend district boundaries in the ahupuaʻa of Makaweli, Kauaʻi;
reviews the Decisions and Orders in the analytical framework provided by the Ka Paʻakai court; and
explains why the framework failed to adequately protect traditional and customary rights because individuals enforcing these rights are unable or unwilling to give them sufficient and due consideration.
Source
Curriculum History Exhibit of the William S. Richardson School of Law
Date
2004
Identifier
LSHS12B10:25
Citation
“Shirley Garcia directs the Ulu Lehua Program from 2004-2007.
She was a law student that wrote a Second Year Seminar paper entitled "Life After Ka Paʻakai O Ka ʻAina v. Land Use Commission: Is the Land Use Commission Any Closer to Fulfilling Its Duty to Preserve and Protect the Traditional and Customary Practices of Native Hawaiians?",” William S. Richardson School of Law Library Archives, accessed October 29, 2026, https://archives.law.hawaii.edu/items/show/30416.
She was a law student that wrote a Second Year Seminar paper entitled "Life After Ka Paʻakai O Ka ʻAina v. Land Use Commission: Is the Land Use Commission Any Closer to Fulfilling Its Duty to Preserve and Protect the Traditional and Customary Practices of Native Hawaiians?",” William S. Richardson School of Law Library Archives, accessed October 29, 2026, https://archives.law.hawaii.edu/items/show/30416.