Macarthur's Japanese Constitution

by Kyoko Inoue

The Japanese constitution as revised by General MacArthur in 1946, while generally regarded to be an outstanding basis for a liberal democracy, is at the same time widely considered to be--in its Japanese form--an document which is alien and incompatible with Japanese culture. Using both linguistics and historical data, Kyoto Inoue argues that despite the inclusion of alien concepts and ideas, this constitution is nonetheless fundamentally a Japanese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226383911
• ISBN13: 9780226383910
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"