TY - BOOK AU - Beer,Lawrence Ward TI - Human rights constitutionalism in Japan and Asia : the writings of Lawrence W Beer T2 - Writings of SN - 9781905246717 AV - KNC524 .B44 2009 U1 - 341.48 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Folkestone PB - Global Oriental KW - Constitutional law KW - Asia KW - Japan KW - Human rights N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Constitutionalism in Asia and the United States --; Current human rights issues in Asia --; Constitutionalism and rights in Japan and Korea --; Comparative perspectives on human rights in Korea --; Human rights theory and "freedom culture" --; Japan, 1969 : "my homeism" and political struggle --; Social patterns and freedom of expression --; Human rights commissioners (JInken Yogo Iin) and lay protection of human rights in Japan --; Constitutional revolution in Japanese law, society, and politics --; Freedom of expression : the continuing revolution --; Japan's constitutional law, 1945-1990 --; National security and freedom of expression in Japan --; Rejection of war : Japan's constitutional discourse and performance --; Conclusion; Towards human rights constitutionalism in Asia and the United States? --; Afterword; Asian constitutionalism in the twenty-first century ER -