2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

International Regime and Constitutional Law : Response of Constitution to International Cooperation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20730025
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Public law
Research Institution	Hokusei Gakuen University
Principal Investigator	SAITO Masaaki Hokusei Gakuen University, 経済学部, 教授 (60301868)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	公法学 / 国際法学 / 憲法 / 条約 / 国際協力
Research Abstract	International regimes in the field of the international cooperation for human rights, environment and security coexist with national legal systems. And domestic institutions apply and implement the law flowing from the international regime. On the other hand, international regimes require the harmonization of national legal orders. Presently, something between a "crossing-over and consolidation" of the national legal system and the international regime has developed. The relationship between the international regime and the national legal system seems to require the development of the multi-level constitutionalism. Amidst the increasing interconnectedness of national legal orders and the international regime, decisions of the domestic courts have on the whole been conciliatory to international regime in regard to individual points of contention involving conflicts between both the legal orders.