Rights Protection in Japan
The Political Dimension
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth M Holland, Kenneth Holland (0000-0003-2527-7009, Ball State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-96 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361140802654992 |
| OpenAlex | W1987994004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Security of rights against oppressive government was one of the major goals of the American occupiers who drafted the 1947 Japanese Constitution. The framers expected that the judiciary in Japan would play the same role in protecting individual rights that the courts played in the United States. After six decades of experience, however, it is clear that the Japanese Supreme Court refuses to emulate the US Supreme Court. This paper examines the extent to which political institutions and political processes have stepped into the void left by the judiciary's attitude of deference to the government. Political will in this area of public policy, however, is weak, and new efforts to secure and extend individual rights depend largely on external pressure
Constitution · Deference · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Supreme court · Chinese history and philosophy · Japanese History and Culture · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |