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2017　Law (Constitutional Law) C

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Ueda Hirokazu 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon3-4(W242)  Thr3-4(W242)  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.S301
Credits
2
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course focuses on the constitutionalism and the constitutional law of Japan.
Topics include general theory on the Constitutional law, government systems and human rights.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the history and principle of constitutionalism.
2) Explain the reason the Constitution guarantees fundamental human rights.
3) Explain the power of government system and its reason.

Keywords

Constitution, Constitutionalism, Fundamental rights, Separation of power, Rule of law

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

At the beginning of each class, lectures a fundamental knowledge on each section. Towards the end of class, lectures a actual problem on each section.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Guidance Guidance for studying of Consitution
Class 2 "What is constitution? What is constitutionalism?" Understand the significance of constitution and constitutionalism.
Class 3 Separation of powers, and popular sovereignty Understand the necessity of the separation of powers. Understand what is sovereignty.
Class 4 The Status, practice and power of the Diet Understand the status and power of the Diet.
Class 5 Parliamentary government, and administrative power of the Cabinet Understand the Significance of the administrative power.
Class 6 Judicial power Understand what is the judicial power.
Class 7 Judicial review Understand the check system on the constitutionality of any official act.
Class 8 Overall, midterm Examination achivement of understanding of the government
Class 9 General theory of the fundamental human rights Understand the history, idea, classification, and subject of the fundamental human rights
Class 10 Restrictions on the fundamental human rights Understand the permissibility of public welfare restriction on constitutional rights, and the applicability of constitutional rights to private conduct of citizens
Class 11 Comprehensive rights, and equality Understand the contents of the right to pursuit of happiness and the equality under the law
Class 12 Personal freedoms Understand the freedom of thought and conscience, religion, and expression and the academic freedom
Class 13 Economic freedoms Understand the right to choose occupation and the right to property
Class 14 Social rights Understand the welfare right, the right to receive education, and the rights of workers
Class 15 Right to vote Understand the right to vote

Textbook(s)

not appointed. Please refer these books of reference.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Nobuyoshi Ashibe(Kazuyuki Takahashi sup.）, Kenpo (Dai8Han)（Iwanami-Shoten 2015）(Japanese)
Yoshio Hasebe, Kenpo (Dai6Han)（ShinseiSha 2014)

Assessment criteria and methods

Midterm and final exams 80%, assignment works 20%

Related courses

  • LAH.S101 ： Law (Constitutional Law) A
  • LAH.S201 ： Law (Constitutional Law) Ｂ
  • LAH.S102 ： Law (Civil Law) A
  • LAH.S107 ： Sociology A
  • LAH.S207 ： Sociology B

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

interesting in Constitution

Other

Read newspapers and watch tv news carefully, you can discover some constitutional problems.
So you should be exposed to actual problem by reading newspapers and watching tv news.

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