Study of Living Constitution in the United States from a Viewpoint of Common Law

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25780019
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Public law
Research Institution	Tokai University
Principal Investigator	OOE Ippei 東海大学, 総合教育センター, 准教授 (20509624)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	生ける憲法 / 成文憲法 / 不文憲法 / 原意主義 / コモン・ロー / 部門主義
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this project, I studied the significances of living constitution in the United States from a viewpoint of common law. I concluded that (a) Supreme Court cases, congressional statutes and presidential precedents should be taken into account for the full understanding of the formation of living constitution, that (b) written constitution and living constitution are mutually supplementary, and that (c) judges should reconcile living constitution with written constitution by judicial review.