Establishment of the Japanese Constitutional System
Contributors: Stockwin, JAA
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780203298824
Subjects: Politics and government; Japan; 1868-1912
Description: The 1889 Meiji constitution: how it actually worked, the establishment of the Diet and the shifting roles and interests of the parties.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; General editor's preface; Translator's introduction; Introduction: Issues and methods; Some problems of transcendentalism; 'Enrich the Nation and Strengthen the Armed Forces' and 'Lighten the People's Burdens' as issues in the early Diet sessions; Post-war reconstruction and the reactions of various political forces; The formation of the Yamagata faction; The question of increasing the land tax; The collapse of the party Cabinet; Concluding the land tax increase bill; Conclusion; Guide to sources; Notes; Index.