Regulations on medical research and constitutional academic freedom

• Project/Area Number: 20730028
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAYAMA Shigeki 京都産業大学, 法務研究科, 准教授 (00320250)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 憲法 / 学問の自由 / 生命倫理 / 臨床研究 / 民主主義 / リベラリズム / 自己決定権

Research Abstract

Constitutional standards of review for the laws restricting freedom of research ought to make a distinction between dangers arising from physical actions and from information of the research. While the legislation that requires the ethical review of a clinical research is a CONTENT BASED restriction and should be under strict constitutional scrutiny, it can pass the scrutiny because it is the narrowly tailored means to protect human subjects on condition that its standards and procedures would meet the scientific and academic integrity. We must consider both the limits of governmental regulations on research and the limits of autonomous regulations of academic associations.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 臨床研究と学問の自由 (2012)
  • Author(s): 中山茂樹
  • Journal Title: 大石眞先生還暦記念論文集憲法改革の理念と展開・下(曽我部真裕・赤坂幸一) Pages: 235-269
• [Journal Article] 臨床研究と学問の自由 (2012)
  • Author(s): 中山茂樹
  • Journal Title: 大石眞先生還暦記念論文集憲法改革の理念と展開(曽我部真裕・赤坂幸一編)(信山社) Volume: 下巻 Pages: 235-269
• [Journal Article] 妊娠中絶の権利は「自己決定権」か-公私区分の一断面 (2010)
  • Author(s): 中山茂樹
  • Journal Title: 初宿正典先生還暦記念論文集各国憲法の差異と接点(大石眞,ほか) Pages: 495-519
• [Journal Article] 妊娠中絶の権利は「自己決定権」か-公私区分の一断面 (2010)
  • Author(s): 中山茂樹
  • Journal Title: 大石眞ほか編『初宿正典先生還暦記念論文集各国憲法の差異と接点』(成文堂) Pages: 495-519
• [Journal Article] 妊娠中絶の権利は「自己決定権」か-公私区分の一断面 (2010)
  • Author(s): 中山茂樹
  • Journal Title: 初宿正典先生還暦記念論文集各国憲法の差異と接点(大石眞ほか編)(成文堂) Pages: 495-519