Social Significance of The Reform of University Systems and Constitutional Law in 19th Century Japan and France

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K12636
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 05020:Public law-related
• Research Institution: Asia University (2021-2022); Waseda University (2018-2020)
• Principal Investigator: HARUYAMA SHU 亜細亜大学, 法学部, 講師 (50780201)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 憲法学 / 知識社会学 / 比較憲法 / 憲法史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In 19th-century France, university reforms were implemented, leading to significant developments in the field of constitutional law. These reforms were closely linked to the social context and the rise of natural sciences of the time . This study focuses on the relationship between the university system and the discipline of constitutional law, emphasizing the birth, development, and transformation of constitutional law during the era of the French Third Republic. This study analyzed the characteristics of constitutional theory during that period in relation to the development of the university system, asserting that it was shaped within a collaborative and tense relationship between constitutional studies as a legal discipline and political economy as a social science.

Free Research Field

憲法学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

一口に憲法学といっても、そのあり方はフランス、ドイツ、アメリカそして日本とで全く異なっている。なぜそのような差異が生まれるのかについては様々な要因があるが、そうした憲法学のあり方が、少なくとも、大学制度のあり方と自然科学も含む隣接分野の学問状況に強く規定されていることを明らかにした。