Study on the Development of Judicial Review in the United States and Japan

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16915
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Mihira Tsukasa 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科, 准教授 (90378513)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 違憲審査制 / 最高裁判所 / 司法政治 / 基礎法学 / 公法学 / アメリカ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project has analyzed the processes and backgrounds of changes and developments of the administration of judicial review by the Supreme Courts of Japan and the United States. It has revealed how institutions, actors, and events have shaped the development of judicial review by each Court, and has provided insights necessary to form empirical theories of judicial review and constitutional ordering.

Free Research Field

違憲審査制論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

違憲審査制は人権の保障、法の支配の実現にとって柱となる制度である。本研究の成果は、違憲審査制がこうした機能を果たすことができるように必要な施策を講じていく上で土台となる知見であり、学問的にも社会的にも重要な意義を有するといえる。