The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of Japan's constitution, including its historical and contextual background, articles, meanings, interpretive disputes, academic theories, and leading cases. It is written for academics, students, and general readers and includes appendices with key reference documents in English and Japanese.

Format: Hardback
Length: 460 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2023
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook for the first time makes the entirety of Japans constitution accessible in English. The book consists of a historical and contextual overview of how the constitution came into being,followed by descriptions of each of its 103 articles; the meaning of the text,interpretive disputes,academic theories and leading cases arising under them. The book also points out the many subtle distinctions between the English version and the Japanese,some of which arose from the charters unique provenance. With contributors representing a broad range of expertise in various areas of Japanese law,the book is written to appeal to academics,students and general readers alike. It is intended to be the first port of call for anyone needing to understand the fundamentals of Japanese constitutional law,whether from the perspective of Japanese studies,comparative law,or political science,but unable to access the text and related literature available in Japanese. Key reference documents in English and Japanese are included as appendices for ease of reference.

The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook for the First Time Makes the Entirety of Japan's Constitution Accessible in English

The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook for the First Time Makes the Entirety of Japan's Constitution Accessible in English. The book consists of a historical and contextual overview of how the constitution came into being, followed by descriptions of each of its 103 articles; the meaning of the text, interpretive disputes, academic theories, and leading cases arising under them. The book also points out the many subtle distinctions between the English version and the Japanese, some of which arose from the charters unique provenance. With contributors representing a broad range of expertise in various areas of Japanese law, the book is written to appeal to academics, students, and general readers alike. It is intended to be the first port of call for anyone needing to understand the fundamentals of Japanese constitutional law, whether from the perspective of Japanese studies, comparative law, or political science, but unable to access the text and related literature available in Japanese. Key reference documents in English and Japanese are included as appendices for ease of reference.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789048562015