Empirical and Comparative Study on Revitalization of Judicial Review

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Waseda University (2012-2014); Hokkaido University (2011)
• Principal Investigator: SASADA eiji 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (20205876)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAMOTO Hajime 慶應大学, 大学院法務研究科, 教授 (10222382) ; MURAKAMI Hiroaki 九州大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (20210015) ; SHISHIDO Joji 東京大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (20292815) ; HAYASHI Tomonobu 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 准教授 (30292816) ; KOKUBUN Noriko 名古屋大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (40259312) ; SUZUKI Hidemi 大阪大学, 大学院高等司法研究科, 教授 (50247475) ; SASAKI Masatoshi 北海道大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90215731) ; AKASAKA Masahiro 立教大学, 法学部, 教授 (80167816) ; NAKABAYASHI Akio 東北大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70312535)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 違憲審査制 / 対話理論 / 調査官 / 違憲判決の効力 / 最高裁判所裁判官

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Canada, constitutional dialogues between the Supreme Court of Canada and the Parliament are widely recognized especially when the Supreme Court of Canada holds laws unconstitutional. It is demonstrated that the similar constitutional dialogues between the Supreme Court and the Diet are common as well in Japan. The systems of constitutional review in Canada and Japan could be characterized as the hybrid system which are different both from the American and the German systems.
Our study on “The Functions of Law Clerks in the Constitutional Litigation” will be published in the Hokkaido Law Review Vol. 66 No. 2 which can be accessed freely through internet. Our study on the functions of law clerks in Germany, France, the United States of America, Canada, South Korea and Japan is unprecedented and is of significance for the comparative examination of constitutional review.

Free Research Field

憲法学