Outreach lecture Series ⑥

On the 22. December 2021, Holding the Advanced and Simulated Lecture to the high school students of Hyogo High School in Kobe (No. of the participating students; 16).

The lecture was held at the classroom No. 2-3 at Hyogo High School by normal form from 10 O'clock to 11:00, after my lecture we had the time for questions and answer for about 30 minutes.

The theme of the lecture is "What the Constitutional Law and Constitutionalism is; from the comparative viewpoint between Japan and the European countries".

The contents of the Lecture is as follows:

1 Introduction; Acceptance of European legal culture after Meiji restoration in Japan

Feature of the legal order after the acceptance of European Continental legal system in Japan: Codification system

2 Constitutionalism under the Constitution of the Great Empire of Japan before World War II according to German system of Rechtsstaatprinzip.

Failure of Constitutionalism to develop the real modern principle of the rule of law under the Constitution of the Great Empire of Japan and creation of Japanese totalitarianism centering around the Emperor

3 Enactment of the Constitution of Japan according to Potsdam Declaration

Establishment of liberal democracy under the Constitution of Japan, and three fundamental principles; sovereignty of Japanese people, the respect for the fundamental human rights and pacifism.

4 What is the constitutionalism?; Why do we need the constitutional law as the supreme law of the nation?

What means the constitutional law as the supreme law of the nation? Meaning of the conferal principle provided by the constitutional law and restraint to the public power by the constitutional law

5 Sharing of the fundamental values with the European Union

Japanese acceptance of liberal democracy as the fundamental value of the modern constitutionalism and feature of EPA/SPA between Japan and the EU

6 Summary; some problems concerning the constitutionalism in Japan

Some students ask me of the method to study the legal science, the real meaning of liberalism, difference between the association of the nation-states and the EU, confrontation between the Western and the Eastern countries in the EU, and the real meaning of the necessity of the constitutional law as the supreme law of the nation.

I answered all questions, and the most students satisfied with my lecture and answer.

The most of participating students had become very interested in studying the legal science and the EU studies.