The Aftermath of the Emperor-Organ Incident
The Tōdai Faculty of Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2133706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Minear, Richard H Minear (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466013033652 |
| OpenAlex | W4410182428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Minobe Tatsukichi (1873-1948), professor of constitutional law on the Tōdai Faculty of Law, was one of prewar Japan's foremost legal scholars. The emperor-organ theory is the doctrine with which his name is associated; it held that the emperor was an organ of the state; the repository of sovereignty, he was still a constituent part of the larger entity, the state. Hozumi Yatsuka (1860-1912) and Uesugi Shinkichi (1878-1929), both also professors on the Faculty of Law, provided the theoretical underpinning for an alternate doctrine. Citing conservative European legal theorists (and paraphrasing France's Louis XIV), they argued that the emperor was the state. The two positions framed the legal debate under the Meiji Constitution
Ancient history · Emperor · Political science · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |