Rethinking the constitution : an anthology of Japanese opinion
Publication date 2006
Topics Japan. Kenpō (1946), Constitutional law -- Japan, Aufsatzsammlung, Verfassungsrecht, Constitutional law, Kanada, Japan
Publisher Kawasaki, Japan : Japan Research Inc.
Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled
Contributor Internet Archive
Language English
Author (alternate script) 憲法プロジェクト2004
viii, 231 pages ; 23 cm
"Nihonkoku Kenpō"--Cover
Originally published by Kodansha under the title "Nihon no Kenpou: kokumin shuken no ronten."
Includes index
Introduction --
PART I: About the Constitution.
A constitution is ... -- Preambles from around the world -- Some of the people who wrote the constitution -- Richard B. Finn -- Osborne Hauge -- Charles L. Kades -- Theodore McNelly -- Richard A. Poole -- Chronology -- From the end of World War II to the promulgation of the Constitution -- Procedure for amending the constitution --
PART II: Some Japanese Views.
The Constitution is not the problem / Anno Moyoko -- Popular sovereignty vs. the Japanese reality / Hasegawa Michiko -- The primary purpose is to rein in the government / Hashizume Daisaburou -- Build compassion into the constitution / Fujiko Hemming -- Include international defense and international citizenship / Hinohara Shigeaki -- Strengthening the constitution to lock progress in / Hosokawa Morihiro -- Add rights and duties attuned to society's evolution / Hotta Tsutomu -- Let the people decide / Igarashi Takayoshi -- The death of population sovereignty and the rule of law / Kaneko Masaru -- Enhancing tolerance of local government diversity / Katayama Yoshihiro -- Seeing unseen faces, hearing unheard voices / Katou Tokiko -- The crucial importance of accountability / Kawada Ryuuhei -- Guaranteeing economic rights / Kawamoto Yuuko -- The constitution as a statement of identity / Kishi Beniko -- All great constitutions are imposed on governments / C. Douglas Lummis -- Getting involved to make it happen / Mighty Crown -- Fearing for Article 9, fearing for Japan / Miki Mutsuko -- Reinterpretation is needed to allow female emperors / Mori Youhei -- Article 9 embodies an essential, universal principle / Murayama Tomiichi -- Guaranteeing the victims' right of redress / Nakajima Hiroyuki -- Protecting the individual from the state / Nakajima Ramo -- A greater regard for inventors' rights / Nakamura Shuuji -- The constitution's life-and-death significance / Nakamura Tetsu -- A new constitution for a new era / Nakasone Yasuhiro -- Getting out of the indifference trap / Nemoto Ryouichi
[Cont.] Examining past, present and future / Nishi Osamu -- Getting real about gender inequality / Okifuji Noriko -- Do rights need to be added to exist? / Okudaira Yasuhiro -- A special country dedicated to peace / Osanai Mieko -- The responsibilities of democracy / Ryu -- An urgent need for reality-based everyday laws / Sakakibara Eisuke -- The significance and limitations of "normalcy" / Sakurada Jun -- No substitute for social reform / Satou Kouji -- Why should we trust them this time around? / Satou Toshiki -- Why the rush to amend the constitution? / Shibutani Hideki -- Begin by reforming ourselves / Sudou Genki -- Popular sovereignty and human rights had to be forced on Japan / Tahara Souichirou -- Don't disenfranchse people with disabilities / Takenaka Nami -- Re-choosing a constitution that respects individuality / Ueno Chizuko -- Respecting the vast diversity of the populace / Yamamoto Jouji -- Individual rights and the public good go together / Yamawaki Naoshi -- Full of ambiguity and widely ignored / Yasuda Yoshihiro -- A new constitution for a new era / Liberal Democratic Party -- A constitution for building a new society / Democratic Party of Japan -- Adding to the constitution to save it / Komei Party -- Keeping all of the constitution's provisions for 21st-century nation-building / Japanese Communist Party -- Their ulterior motives / Social Democratic Party -- Amending the constitution for independent individuals and an independent state / Keizai Doyukai -- A proposal in the national interest / Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry -- Guaranteeing the right to quality medical care / Japan Medical Association -- Looking for government that will live the constitution / Shufuren -- Forward-looking discussions of the constitution / Buraku Liberation League -- Restoring the pride and confidence of the Meiji Constitution / Jinja Honchou (Association of Shinto Shrines) -- The importance of freedom of religion and separating religion and state / Federation of New Religious Organizations of Japan -- The need to understand and observe the constitution better / Japan Buddhist Federation -- No comments --
PART III: The Constitution of Japan
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