The Constitutional Case Law Of Japan 1970 Through 1990

Author : Lawrence Ward Beer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295975498
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Constitutional Case Law of Japan, 1970 Through 1990 written by Lawrence Ward Beer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A translation of 47 Japanese judicial decisions (mostly Supreme Court cases) selected by Japanese constitutional lawyers and judges with an introduction presenting the historical, sociopolitical, and comparative context relevant the legal and judicial systems in general. Over 20 translators contrib

Author : Hiroshi Itoh
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295803983
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Constitutional Case Law of Japan written by Hiroshi Itoh and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitutional Case Law of Japan, 1970 through 1990, contains translations of 47 Japanese judicial decisions, selected after consultation with leading Japanese constitutional lawyers and judges. Landmark decisions, cases considered legally, socially, or politically importatn, and cases of special interest to the foreign scholar are included. Major areas covered are the renunciation of war, equality of rights, economic freedoms, rights related to the quality of life, rights of participation in election politics, procedural rights, and rights and freedoms of the spirit. A substantial introduction gives an overview of Japan’s constutionalism since 1945, and concisely explains the constitutional system and the courts and their roles. Brief summaries of the cases translated and cases not translated are provided.

Author : Hiroshi Itoh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317014596
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Supreme Court and Benign Elite Democracy in Japan written by Hiroshi Itoh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitution of Japan has served the country for more than half a century, creating and maintaining a stable and functional democratic system. This book innovatively interprets Japanese politics as a ’benign elite democracy’ whilst demonstrating the Supreme Court's vital contribution to the political structure. In The Supreme Court and Benign Elite Democracy in Japan, Hiroshi Itoh presents the first empirical study of judicial decision making under Japan's Constitution. He examines the Supreme Court’s records regarding the protection of civil rights and liberties, the preservation of the conformity of lower levels of laws and regulations to the Constitution, and the maintenance of the Court's relationships to the political branches. The analysis of these three aspects of constitutional litigation reveal how the Supreme Court contributes to the efficacy of constitutional democracy by keeping the system adaptable to the ever-changing environment in and around Japan.

Author : Japan. Saikō Saibansho
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835703352
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Court and Constitution in Japan written by Japan. Saikō Saibansho and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Owen Haley
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820328871
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Japanese Law written by John Owen Haley and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spirit of Japanese Law focuses on the century following the Meiji Constitution, Japan's initial reception of continental European law. As John Owen Haley traces the features of contemporary Japanese law and its principal actors, distinctive patterns emerge. Of these none is more ubiquitous than what he refers to as the law's "communitarian orientation." While most westerners may view judges as Japanese law's least significant actors, Haley argues that they have the last word because their interpretations of constitution and codes define the authority and powers they and others hold. Based on a "sense of society," the judiciary confirms bonds of village, family, and firm, and "abuse of rights" and "good faith" similarly affirms community. The Spirit of Japanese Law concludes with constitutional cases that help explain the endurance of community in contemporary Japan.

Author : Carl F. Goodman
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041186751
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rule of Law in Japan written by Carl F. Goodman and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners who deal with Japanese law have put great store by earlier editions of this major work, which systematically compares United States (US) law and Japanese law across all the major fields of legal practice. This fourth revised edition updates the work with the continuing dramatic changes in Japan’s legal system, including changes in criminal trials, disclosures to defense counsel of evidence to be used by the prosecution, the increasing use of recordings of interrogation sessions, and the impact of the indigenous movement for judicial reform. All chapters have been updated. In the fourth revised edition, which follows the same comparative structure as formerly, author Carl Goodman ̄ an internationally known authority with extensive experience in international practice, university teaching in both Japan and the US, and US government service — takes expert stock of new developments, including the following: • the Cabinet’s Declaration reinterpreting the Renunciation of War Clause in the Constitution and legislation following such reinterpretation; • interpretation of new rules for international jurisdiction of Japanese courts, including the new law’s effect on mirror image lawsuits filed in Japan; • the Supreme Court’s rulings dealing with the presumption of paternity, the waiting period for remarriage after divorce, and inheritance rights of “out of wedlock children”; • international and domestic Japanese child custody; • unanticipated consequences of criminal trials before the new mixed lay/professional panels; • debate concerning the Emperor’s announcement of his desired abdication; and • an update of Japan’s experiment with new graduate legal faculties. Although the alteration of the legal landscape in Japan is highly visible, the author does not hesitate to raise questions as to how far-reaching the changes really are. In almost every branch of the new Japanese legal practice he uncovers ways in which laws and judicial rulings are closely qualified and are likely to present challenges in any given case. He reminds the reader in each chapter that “what you see may not be what you get”. For this reason, and for its comprehensive coverage, this new edition is sure to gain new adherents as the best-informed practical guide for non-Japanese lawyers with dealings in Japan.

Author : Hideo Tanaka
Publisher : [Tokyo] : University of Tokyo Press ; Forest Grove, Or. : distributor, ISBS, c1976, 1984 printing.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1000 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Legal System written by Hideo Tanaka and published by [Tokyo] : University of Tokyo Press ; Forest Grove, Or. : distributor, ISBS, c1976, 1984 printing.. This book was released on 1976 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence W. Beer
Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004213031
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Rights Constitutionalism in Japan and Asia written by Lawrence W. Beer and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection opens with a review of constitutionalism in Asia and the United States and concludes with a recent examination of Japan’s rejection of war: ‘Japan’s Constitutional Discourse and Performance’. By way of Afterword, the author offers an in-depth review of ‘Globalization of Human Rights in the 21st Century’.

Author : Daniel H. Foote
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295801352
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law in Japan written by Daniel H. Foote and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores major developments in Japanese law over the latter half of the twentieth century and looks ahead to the future. Modeled on the classic work Law in Japan: The Legal Order in a Changing Society (1963), edited by Arthur Taylor von Mehren, it features the work of thirty-five leading legal experts on most of the major fields of Japanese law, with special attention to the increasingly important areas of environmental law, health law, intellectual property, and insolvency. The contributors adopt a variety of theoretical approaches, including legal, economic, historical, and socio-legal. As Law and Japan: A Turning Point is the only volume to take inventory of the key areas of Japanese law and their development since the 1960s, it will be an important reference tool and starting point for research on the Japanese legal system. Topics addressed include the legal system (with chapters on legal history, the legal profession, the judiciary, the legislative and political process, and legal education); the individual and the state (with chapters on constitutional law, administrative law, criminal justice, environmental law, and health law); and the economy (with chapters on corporate law, contracts, labor and employment law, antimonopoly law, intellectual property, taxation, and insolvency). Japanese law is in the midst of a watershed period. This book captures the major trends by presenting views on important changes in the field and identifying catalysts for change in the twenty-first century.

Author : Shigenori Matsui
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847316115
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Constitution of Japan written by Shigenori Matsui and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan boasts the second largest economy in the world and almost two thousand years of history. Yet, its first modern constitution, the Meiji Constitution, was not enacted until comparatively recently (1889). Since then, following World War II, Japan adopted its current Constitution, the Japanese Constitution of 1946. This book is designed to explain the outline of Japan's Constitution, together with a number of its unique characteristics and to offer an historical background and context which help explain its significance. Major topics covered include the constitutional history of Japan, fundamental principles of the Constitution, the people and the Emperor, the Diet and legislative power, Cabinet and executive power, and the Judiciary and judicial power. Also discussed is the protection of fundamental human rights, individual rights - including freedom of expression,economic freedoms, and social rights - pacifism and national defence, and the constitutional amendment and reform. Although the Japanese Constitution was enacted under the strong influence of the United States Constitution, many of its features are very different. For instance the existence of an Emperor, the long dominance of a conservative party over the Government, the relatively strong power of government bureaucrats, the absence of a leadership role in the Prime Minister, the small role the judiciary play in solving constitutional disputes and the struggle over national defence. Written in an accessible style and comprehensive in content, the reader will find this account of the constitutional law of Japan both unique and stimulating.