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About CRS
The Center for Restoring Sovereignty (CRS) is dedicated to public education and advocacy on sovereignty as a practical, values-centered framework for community resilience and right relationship.
- Mission: Educate, convene, and advocate for lawful, coherent, and constructive sovereignty discourse and practice.
- Vision: A Hawaiʻi—and a wider world—grounded in order, dignity, and responsible self-determination.
- Focus: Food sovereignty, energy sovereignty, personal sovereignty, political sovereignty, and spiritual sovereignty.
CRS produces briefings, public forums, workshops, and reference materials intended for community members, educators, and decision-makers.
Education series: Restoring Order (Hawaiian Kingdom)
The contemporary discourse around Hawaiian sovereignty is fragmented, with competing assertions of authority and inconsistent legal narratives. International law, however, draws a clear line between state continuity (whether the Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist as a subject of international law) and authority to govern (who may lawfully exercise sovereign power on behalf of that State). In a constitutional monarchy, sovereign authority remains vested in the lawful successor to the Crown—the holder of the fons honorum and the inseparable rights of sovereignty—while occupation suspends the exercise of that authority without transferring its ownership.
This program introduces the governing doctrines, clarifies frequent misconceptions, and offers a structured, source-based approach to evaluating claims of authority.
Topics include
- Illegal occupation and what it does—and does not—change under international law
- State continuity vs. authority to govern
- Dynastic succession, constitutional requirements, and the limits of self-appointment
- The inseparable rights of sovereignty: jus imperii, jus gladii, jus majestatis, jus honorum
- Common errors in public claims and how to assess them using primary sources
Suggested reading and citations are available upon request for academic and policy audiences.