Rethinking the constitution
Subtitle: an anthology of Japanese opinion
By: [edited by] The Constitution of Japan Project 2004 ; translated by Fred Uleman
Contributors: Kenpō Purojekuto 2004
Publisher: Japan Research Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Kawasaki, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781419641657
Subjects: Verfassungsrecht; Japan; Constitutional law; Aufsatzsammlung
Work titles: Nihon no kenpō: kokumin shuken no ronten. English
Notes: "Nihonkoku Kenpō"--Cover.

Originally published by Kodansha under the title "Nihon no Kenpou: kokumin shuken no ronten."

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