Constitutional Research Committee

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The Constitutional Research Committee was an organization established by the National Diet, the Cabinet of Japan, and the political parties of Japan to study, research, and deliberate on the Constitution of Japan.

Both Houses of Parliament

The constitutional investigative committees of each house of the Diet were established as separate committee-like organizations in the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.

It was abolished with the establishment of the Constitutional Review Board as the successor organization in both Houses on August 7, 2007, due to partial amendments to the Diet Act.

Cabinet

The Constitutional Commission of the Cabinet was established by the Cabinet on June 11, 1956, under the provisions of the Constitutional Commission Law. It consists of a total of no more than 50 members (of which no more than 30 are Diet members and no more than 20 are academics), and one chairman and two vice chairmen are elected by the members from among themselves. The committee was abolished on June 3, 1965, after submitting the "Report of the Constitutional Commission" to the Cabinet and the Diet on July 3, 1964, effectively ending its activities.

Publications of the Constitution Investigation Committee

• "Constitutions of Various Countries", Secretariat of the Constitution Research Association, 1955
• The Constitution of Each Country (Continued), Constitution Research Association Secretariat, 1957
• "Minutes of the First Seven Meetings of the First Committee of the Constitutional Commission (1958)", National Printing Bureau, 1958
• Minutes of the First Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Subcommittee on the Enactment of the Constitution (1958-1959), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1958-1959
• Proceedings of the First Thirty-Two General Meetings of the Constitution Investigation Committee (1958-1959), Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau, 1958-1959
• Record of the 1st-6th Public Hearings of the Constitution Investigation Committee (1959), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1959
• The Constitutional Law of Each Country, Vol. 3, 1959, The Secretariat of the Constitutional Law Commission, 1959
• Report of the Constitutional Commission, Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 1161p.
• Opinions of the Members of the Constitutional Commission (Annex to the Report of the Constitutional Commission, No. 1), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 782p.
• Report of the Subcommittee on the Course of Constitutional Enactment (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 2), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 781p.
• Report of the Subcommittee on the Progress of Constitutional Enactment (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 2), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 781p.
• Survey Report on the Actual Operation of the Constitution: Diet, Cabinet, Finance, and Local Autonomy (Constitution Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 4), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 410p.
• The Emperor's Renunciation of War: A Report on the Actual Operation of the Constitution (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 5), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 308p.
• Report on Fundamental Issues (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 6), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 135p.
• Report on the Preamble, the Emperor, Renunciation of War, etc. (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 7), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 268p.
• Report on the Rights and Duties of the People and the Judiciary (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 8), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 171p.
• Report on the Diet, Cabinet, Finance, and Local Autonomy (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 9), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 330p.
• Report on the Invalidity of the Constitution (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 10), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 330p,
• Report on Public Hearings (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Supplement No. 11), Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau, 1964, 285p.
• Report on Overseas Surveys (Constitutional Survey Committee Report, Annex No. 12), Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, 1964, 350p.
• The History of the French Constitution", Secretariat of the Constitution Research Association

Political party

Political parties may also have internal organizations with the name of the Constitutional Commission, if necessary.

See also

• Constitutional law
• Constitution of Japan

External links

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