An edition of Rethinking the constitution (2006)

Rethinking the constitution

an anthology of Japanese opinion

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An edition of Rethinking the constitution (2006)

Rethinking the constitution

an anthology of Japanese opinion

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231

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Table of Contents

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
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PART III: The Constitution of Japan.

Edition Notes

"Nihonkoku Kenpō"--Cover.

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

Includes index.

Published in
Kawasaki, Japan

Classifications

Library of Congress
KNX2070 .N52316 2006, KNX2070 .N53 2006x

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 231 pages
Number of pages
231

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28688244M
Internet Archive
rethinkingconsti0000unse
ISBN 10
1419641654
ISBN 13
9781419641657
LCCN
2010446398
OCLC/WorldCat
248223541

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