Transcending law
Subtitle: the unintended life of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
By: Kenneth L. Port.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781594607493
Subjects: Japan; Renunciation of war -- Japan; Japan -- Defenses -- Law and legislation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Context; title: History of Article 9; title: Two competing meanings of article 9; title: The history and status of Japan's "self-defense forces"; title: Examples of the absurd; title: The Supreme Court's (non)jurisprudence of Article 9; title: The comparative data on the size of the Japanese SDF; title: The debate over the rule of law and Article 9; title: The various "stories" of Article 9; title: Opinion surveys regarding Article 9; title: Japan as a partner in the war on terror.