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Judicialization of Politics and the Japanese Supreme Court

Author: Tokujin Matsudaira (Teikyo University)

  • Judicialization of Politics and the Japanese Supreme Court

    Symposium

    Judicialization of Politics and the Japanese Supreme Court

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Abstract

The Article focuses on the author's comments to the article of Professor Shigenori Matsui which stresses the conservatism of the Japanese Supreme Court. It outlines the reluctance of the Japanese Supreme Court to judicialize politics through constitutional adjudication. It highlights the standards of judicial review which have been adopted from the German conceptual jurisprudence.

Keywords: Judicial review -- Japan, Constitutional law -- Japan, Conservatism, Democracy -- Japan, Japan. Daishin'in

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Published on
2011-01-01