Hiroshi Itoh

The Supreme Court and Benign Elite Democracy in Japan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Innovatively interpreting Japanese politics as a 'benign elite democracy', and based on unprecedented access to former and current justices of the Supreme Court of Japan, this book represents the first empirical study of judicial decision making under the Constitution of Japan. Author Hiroshi Itoh examines the Court's records in upholding civil rights and liberties, preserving the conformity of lower levels of laws and regulations to the Constitution, and maintaining the Court's relationships to the political branches.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780754676034
• ISBN-10: 075467603X
• Artikelnr.: 45188530

Autorenporträt

Hiroshi Itoh is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Works he has co-written or co-edited include The Constitutional Case Law of Japan, 1970 through 1990 (University of Washington Press, 1996) and Japan's Public Policy under the Gun of Globalization (Edwin Mellen Press, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword, David S. Law
Introduction
Elite governance in Japan
Judicial decision-making
Judicial impact and feedback
Judicial attitudes on the Grand Bench
Judicial attributes of justices
Judicial role of the Supreme Court
Conclusions
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.