Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, And Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust (A Latitude 20 Book)

Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, And Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust (A...

Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the largest landowner and richest woman in the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon her death in 1884, she entrusted her property - known as Bishop Estate - to five trustees in order to create and maintain an institution that would benefit the children of Hawai'i: Kamehameha Schools. A century later, Bishop Estate controlled nearly one out of every nine acres in the state, a concentration of private land ownership rarely seen anywhere in the world. Then in August 1997 the unthinkable happened: four revered kupuna (native Hawaiian elders) and a professor of trust-law publicly charged Bishop Estate trustees with gross incompetence and massive trust abuse. Entitled "Broken Trust," the statement provided devastating details of rigged appointments, violated trusts, cynical manipulation of the trust's beneficiaries, and the shameful involvement of many of Hawai'i's powerful. No one is better qualified to examine the events and personalities surrounding the scandal than two of the original "Broken Trust" authors. Their comprehensive account together with historical background, brings to light information that has never before been made public, including accounts of secret meetings and communications involving Supreme Court justices. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-26-2009; Calling all history buffs! (And everyone else); This book is a must-read for anyone who has ever been enchanted with the beauty of the Hawaiian islands. It grabs your attention from the first page. I don't normally read historical books but this one deserves to be taught in the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-01-2008; A Courageous Book; It is difficult to comprehend the courage it took for Randall Roth and Samuel King to publish this book, unless you lived in Hawaii. Hawaii is a small state and Bishop Estate is the big fish in the small pond. The book details how the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-06-2007; Very highly recommended reading; Written by district court judge Samuel P. King and law teacher Randall W. Roth, Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust is the true story of greed, corruption, and mismanagement...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2006; A Must-Read for Followers of Non-Profit Organizations; As an attorney who serves on and counsels boards of non-profit institutions, I was espcially interested in this compelling tale of what amounts to a worst-case scenario. Princess Pauahi's last will left a trust corpus so large that it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-26-2009; Calling all history buffs! (And everyone else); This book is a must-read for anyone who has ever been enchanted with the beauty of the Hawaiian islands. It grabs your attention from the first page. I don't normally read historical books but this one deserves to be taught in the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-16-2006; A biased perspective?; Comparing "Lost Generations" by J. Arthur Rath and Roth & King's book on the Bishop Estate scandal, I was struck by the somewhat overly critical coverage of Attorney General Bronster's legal maneuvers by Roth & King. I don't think that...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-17-2006; Very disappointing; I read a review of this book in a newspaper and was very intrigued. I really knew nothing about the Bishop Trust scandal. After having read this book, I can say I still really know nothing about the Bishop Trust scandal. I think I got...; read full review | report as inappropriate