Reception of Western constitutionalism in China and Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26285010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Sophia University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAMI Katsutoshi 上智大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (70108421)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 小島 慎司 上智大学, 法学部, 准教授 (00468597) ; 宍戸 常寿 東京大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (20292815) ; 西村 裕一 北海道大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60376390) ; 松井 直之 立教大学, 法務研究科, 助教 (60468858) ; 曽我部 真裕 京都大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (80362549)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MORI Toru 京都大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (60219962)
• Research Collaborator: TAKAHASHI Kazuyuki ; HAN Dayuan ; LIN Laifan ; MOU Xiankui ; WANG Guisong ; HONG Ying
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 憲法 / 立憲主義 / 中国 / 憲法史 / 国際交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Western constitutionalisms were brought into Japan and China around 1900, but sometimes from Japan to China. Even today, Tatsukichi MINOBE, japanese great publicist before the World War II, is widely read in China. How did japanese and chinese constitutionalists conceive of constitutionalism before the War ? Why did they so ? Each of us selected one concrete topic and gave lectures in two seminars (Darliang and Sapporo) before finishing one article.

Free Research Field

憲法