Course title
日本国憲法   [The Constitution of Japan]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 14  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 020020
Instructor(s)
松村 芳明   [MATSUMURA Yoshiaki]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
・To complete this course is a condition to enter the teaching profession.
・This course is one of the options of the subjects of the humanities or the social science.
・Students will learn the basic knowledge of the constitution; the general remarks of the constitution, such as the concept of the constitution,constitutionalism, the history of the constitution, the amendment of the constitution, pacifism, and so on, and the methods of the protection of the constitutional rights.
Expected Learning
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:
・Explain and enter to the argument of the basic knowledges of the constitution which an applicant for the teaching profession and a cultured person must master
・Understand the fundamental plinciple of the constitution, such as 〝 what the constitution is〟
・Have a deep understanding of the actuial methods of the protection of constitutional rights
Course schedule
1) Introduction to this Course

2) Tntroduction to Law
Homework: revision of the sorts of positive laws and the relationship between law and moral

3)〝 What is the Constitution ?〟
Homework: reading of chapter 2 of the textbook

4) The Protection and the Amendment of the Constitution
Homework: reading of chapter 18 & 23

5) History of the Constitution and Parliamentary System of Government
Homework: reading of chapter 21

6) Pacifism
Homework: reading of chapter 24

7) The system of the Protection of the Constitutional Rights 1: declaration of rights, democracy, sparation of power and the system of constitutional review
Homework: reading of chapter 1

8) The system of the Protection of the Constitutional Rights 2: the concept, grouping and the subject of human rights (and constitutional rights)
Homework: reading of chapter 16

9) The system of the Protection of the Constitutional Rights 3:
・the application of constitutional rights to the relationship between private persons
・the restriction of constitutionnal rights
Homewprk: reading of chapter 16

10) Respect for Individuals and the Right to the Pursuit of Happiness
Homework: reading of chapter 2

11) The Right to Privacy
Homework: reading of chapter 3

12) Equal Protection and Family Life
Homework: reading of chapter 4 & 9

13) Freedom of Thought and Conscience and Freedom of Religion
Homework: readingof chapter 5 & 6

14) Freedom of Expresshion
Homework: reading of chapter 7 & 8

15) Right to Recieve a Education
Homework: reading of chapter 15
Prerequisites
none
Required Text(s) and Materials
Manabu Ishizaki et al., Real Constitutional Theory 2nd ed., Kyoto: Horitubunkasha, 2013.
References
I will anounce preference books in the classes.
Assessment/Grading
(1) Main Test (70%), (2) Sub Test(20%), (3) paper on chapters of the textbook (10%)
Message from instructor(s)
Students may have already cirtain knowledges of the constitution through the high school education and the media. But students will learn the constitution more fundamentaly and broadly.
Course keywords
constitutuion, the Constitution of Japan, constitutionalism, constitutional amendment, pacifism, human rights and the system of constitutional review
Office hours
after each class
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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6/12/2019 5:15:48 PM