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Songen to mibun: Kenpō teki shii to ‘nihon’ to iu mondai (Dignity and Status: Constitutional Thought and the “Japan Problem”)

2018; Oxford University Press; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ssjj/jyx050

1468-2680

Yuichi Nishimura,

Chinese history and philosophy

This book is a collection of 12 articles examining a single US Supreme Court decision, 11 that were previously published and one written specifically for this compilation, making it difficult to encapsulate all facets. The author provides his own vision in the Introduction: ‘I can pursue my own approach to the “unique to Japan” Problem’. This belief has continued to motivate my writing. I have grappled with the ‘Japan Problem’ by directly addressing Japanese society itself; this book is a collection of my attempts (p. v). In fact, ‘Constitutional thought and the “Japan Problem”’ is the book’s subtitle. This review begins with a look at what these two terms signify. After Arikawa Tsunemasa graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, he became a professor first at Tohoku University, then the University of Tokyo, and finally Nihon University, where he currently works. His first book, Kenpō-teki shii: Amerika kenpō ni okeru ‘shizen’ to ‘chishiki’ (1994), although originally published by Sobunsha Publishing, was recently reissued in 2016 by Iwanami Shoten.