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The birth of Japan's postwar constitution

1997; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 35; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.35-2366

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彰一 古関, Ray A. Moore,

American Constitutional Law and Politics

Translator's Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Translation -- Preface to the English Edition -- Introduction: Seeking a New Perspective -- The Probing Begins -- Restoration of the People's Rights Ideology -- Captive Legal Scholars: The Committee to Study Constitutional Problems -- A Week in a Secret Room: Writing the SCAP Draft -- A Second Defeat Imposed on Japan? -- The Struggle to Japanize the American Draft -- MacArthur Against the Storm -- The Draft Constitution in the Last Imperial Diet -- Behind the Ashida Amendment of Article 9 -- Blooming Brightly in May: Popularizers of the Constitution -- Yoshida Shigeru's Counterattack -- The Forgotten Sequel