Constitution of 1852

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The Constitution of 1852 was a liberal charter of the Kingdom of Hawaii that expanded civil rights, limited monarchical power, and restructured the government along more Western constitutional lines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
adoptedInYear 1852 ⓘ
aimedTo expand civil rights ⓘ
limit monarchical power ⓘ
restructure government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hawaiian Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
appliedIn Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
characteristic liberal charter ⓘ
context 19th-century constitutionalism ⓘ
country Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
defined powers of the executive ⓘ
powers of the judiciary ⓘ
powers of the legislature ⓘ
responsibilities of ministers ⓘ
established cabinet of ministers ⓘ
expanded civil liberties ⓘ
political rights ⓘ
follows Constitution of 1840 ⓘ
governmentTypeInfluence Western constitutional model ⓘ
guaranteed freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
protection of property rights ⓘ
right to trial by jury ⓘ
influencedBy American constitutional principles ⓘ
British constitutional principles ⓘ
introduced clear separation of powers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hawaiian ⓘ
legalSystem Hawaiian law ⓘ
limited powers of the monarch ⓘ
partOf legal history of Hawaii ⓘ
precedes Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ
providedFor House of Nobles ⓘ
House of Representatives ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
purpose modernize the Hawaiian government ⓘ
secure recognition from foreign powers ⓘ
regulated elections of representatives ⓘ
qualifications of legislators ⓘ
qualifications of voters ⓘ
required laws to be enacted by the legislature ⓘ
royal assent for legislation ⓘ
restricted arbitrary royal authority ⓘ
status superseded ⓘ
strengthened legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
supersededBy Constitution of 1864 ⓘ

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Kingdom of Hawaii → constitution → Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
Kamehameha III → issued → Constitution of 1852 of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1852