Constitutional revision research project

Conference Reports

Symposium: REVISING JAPAN'S CONSTITUTION: HISTORY, HEADLINES, AND PROSPECTS (click for Harvard Gazette article)

On November 21, 2008 members of the Constitutional Revision Research Project presented at a symposium titled "Revising Japan's Constitution: History, Headlines, and Prospects," held in conjunction with the Reischauer Institute Annual Associated Dinner. The event began at 5:00 with panel presentations, moderated by Susan J. Pharr, Reischauer Institute Directors, from Timothy George (Univ. of Rhode Island), Helen Hardacre (Harvard), Richard Samuels (MIT), Takeo Akiba (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Harvard), Alexis Dudden.

Select papers from the panel presentations are provided below:

Civic Constitutional Activism in Modern Japan
- Timothy George, University of Rhode Island

Revision of Administrative Law as a Shortcut to Constitutional Revision - Helen Hardacre, Harvard University