シモジョウ ヨシアキ   SHIMOJOU YOSHIAKI
  下條 芳明
   所属   朝日大学  法学部 法学科
   朝日大学  大学院 法学研究科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2022/03
形態種別 研究論文 
査読 査読あり
標題 A Study of the Origin, Acceptance, and International Spread of the ‘Symbol’ within the Constitution of Japan: Japan’s Approach to Restoring the Separation of Authority and Power
執筆形態 単著
掲載誌名 Japanese Society and Culture
掲載区分国内
出版社・発行元 The Institute of Social Sciences TOYO UNIVERSITY
巻・号・頁 (No.4),pp.141-153
総ページ数 13頁
著者・共著者 下條芳明
概要 In the post war period, the symbolic emperor system of the Japanese Constitution has developed in its own way through shrewd adaptation and harmonization with popular sovereignty, within the context of Japan’s particular political climate. Looking back on the history of monarchy, in nineteenth-century Europe we find several types of constitutional monarchy, such as the German-style “constitutional monarchy,” the British-style “parliamentary monarchy,” and the French-style “moderative power monarchy”. Comparable to these, the symbolic emperor system formed under the Constitution of Japan in the latter half of the twentieth century can be said to present a new genre of modern monarchy that we may refer to as a “symbolic monarchy.” This article will consider the origins of the symbolic emperor system and its traditional Japanese characteristics by examining the origin, acceptance, and international spread of the “symbol” provision in Article 1 of the Japanese Constitution.