Article Title
Why Is the Japanese Supreme Court So Conservative?
Publication Title
Washington University Law Review
Abstract
The Article explores the development of a conservative constitutional jurisprudence by the Japanese Supreme Court. It describes the process and the power of judicial review in the country. It stresses the reluctance of Japanese judges to consider the Constitution of Japan as a source of positive law to be enforced by the judiciary.
Recommended Citation
Shigenori Matsui,
Why Is the Japanese Supreme Court So Conservative?,
88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1375
(2011).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol88/iss6/2
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