Washington University Law Review

Volume 88 Number 6 2011

ARTICLES

Constitutional Precedents in Japan: A Comment on the Role of Precedent Shigenori Matsui
Introduction David S. Law
Why is the Japanese Supreme Court So Conservative? Shigenori Matsui
Why Has Judicial Review Failed in Japan? David S. Law
Constitutional Adjudication in Japan: Context, Structures, and Values John O. Haley
Stealth Activism: Norm Formation by Japanese Courts Frank K. Upham
The Supreme Court of Japan: Commentary on the Recent Work of Scholars in the United States Tokiyasu Fujita
The Japanese Constitution as Law and the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Decisions: A Response to Matsui Craig Martin
Judicialization of Politics and the Japanese Supreme Court Tokujin Matsudaira
Looking Through the Wrong End of the Telescope: The Japanese Judicial Response to Steel Partners, Murakami, and Horie Stephen Givens
“Chosakan”: Research Judges Toiling at the Stone Fortress Masako Kamiya
The Role of Precedent at Japan’s Supreme Court Hiroshi Itoh
Do School Cliques Dominate Japanese Bureaucracies?: Evidence from Supreme Court Appointments J. Mark Ramseyer
Reserved Seats on Japan’s Supreme Court Lawrence Repeta
The Supreme Court and the Push for Transparency in Lower Court Appointments in Japan Daniel H. Foote
Judicial Recruitment and Promotion: Responses to Professors Ramseyer and Repeta Shen-Ichi Nishikawa
Concerning the Japanese Public’s Evaluation of Supreme Court Justices Tokuji Izumi

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