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Post by Sapphire Capital on Jul 11, 2008 5:55:04 GMT 4
The Supreme Court of Japan: Its Adjudication on Electoral Systems and Economic Freedoms YASUO HASEBE University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Law and Politics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 296-307, 2007 Abstract: Though provided with the authority to strike down any official act, the Supreme Court of Japan has been widely regarded as reluctant to use that very substantial power. The author describes some institutional and doctrinal factors that might explain the Court's seemingly passivist stance, concluding that the Court has understood its main task to be the preservation of pluralist democracy, and that its decisions have been reasonably effective in realizing this goal. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1145496
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