The Comparative Study of Bicameral System: Mainly Focused on the Secretariat and Secretary of Two Houses in Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24243004
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: OHISHI Makoto 京都大学, 総合生存学館, 教授 (90091660)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HARADA Kazuaki 立教大学, 法学部, 教授 (50244405) ; OYAMA Reiko 駒澤大学, 法学部, 教授 (70275931) ; KINOSHITA Kazuaki 北海学園大学, 法務研究科, 教授 (80284727) ; AKASAKA Koichi 九州大学, 法学研究院, 准教授 (90362011) ; NARAOKA Sochi 京都大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (90378505) ; KOMIYA Hitoshi 青山学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80451764)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIKURIYA Takashi 東京大学, 先端科学技術センター, 教授 (00092338) ; MACHIDORI Satoshi 京都大学, 國際公共政策研究科, 教授 (40283709)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-10-31 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 公法学 / 政治学 / 憲法史 / 議会法 / 両院制 / 議会運営 / 議会先例 / 議会資料

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to analyze 1)the relations of two Houses in Japanese constitutional history, 2)the process of the formation and establishment of parliamentary laws and parliamentary practice, 3)the role of secretariat and secretary of two Houses by using unpublished primary resources. The main results of this study are as follows. 1)We published "Shoki Nihonkoku Kenpō kaisei rongi shiryō(Documents on the Revision of the Constitution of Japan)", 2)We researched and published various private papers such as "Kawai Yahachi Diary" and "Hirano Sadao". 3)We published papers and books regarding parliamentary laws and the relations of two Houses.

Free Research Field

憲法学・立法学