ICON-S Symposium on THE WAR ON JAPAN’S PACIFIST CONSTITUTION

University of Tokyo-Komaba
Tokyo, Japan
December 17-18, 2016

Presented by
International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)
University of Tokyo, Center of Philosophy (UTCP)
Re:DEMOS

Convened by
Tokujin Matsudaira
Richard Albert

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Venue: Collaboration Room #1, Building 18
Language: English｜Closed-Door Panels

10:00-10:15 Welcoming Remarks
Satofumi Kawamura, UTCP

10:15-11:45 Panel 1: CONSTITUTIONAL PACIFISM IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago
Discussant: Yauso Hasebe, Waseda University
Chair: Richard Albert, Boston College

11:45-12:55 Lunch

12:55-14:25 Panel 2: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL LIMITS

Steven Gardbaum, University of California-Los Angeles
Discussant: Akiko Ejima, Meiji University
Chair: Wen-chen Chang, National Taiwan University

14:25-14:40 Coffee Break

14:40-16:10 Panel 3: CONSTITUTIONALITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Richard Albert, Boston College
Discussant: Keigo Komamura, Keio University
Chair: Tokujin Matsudaira, Kanagawa University

16:15-17:00 Open Discussion

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Venue: Hall, Building No. 18
Language: English｜Open Panels (No Registration Required)

9:00-9:10 Introduction
Tokujin Matsudaira, Kanagawa University/ICON-S

9:10-10:40 Panel 4: TOP-DOWN “INCOMPLETE FASCISM” AND THE BOTTOM-UP RELIGIOUS RIGHT

Susumu Shimazono, Sophia University & Satofumi Kawamura, UTCP
Kokutai, State Shinto and Postwar Religious Movements
Discussant: Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago
Chair: Mayu Terada, International Christian University

10:40-10:50 Coffee Break

10:50-11:40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

I. What the Pacifist Constitution Means: Constitutionalism vs. Democracy

Yoichi Higuchi, Professor Emeritus University of Tokyo / Member of Japan Academy

II. On the Priority that Publius Gives to National Security in Constitutional Design: Reflections on the Longevity of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution

Sandy Levinson, University of Texas-Austin

11:40-13:00 Lunch

13:00-13:50 Q & A on Keynote Address I, II
Moderator: Shohei Eto, Sophia University

14:00-15:30 Panel 5: CIVIC ACTIVISM IN TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Jiunn-Ron Yeh & Wen-Chen Chang, National Taiwan University
Civil Movements and Constitutionalism: Recent Experiences in Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong
Koichi Nakano, Sophia University / ReDEMOS
Japan: SEALDs Movement and constitutional politics
Discussant: Gregory Noble, University of Tokyo
Chair: Yasuo Hasebe, Waseda University

15:40-15:50 Coffee Break

15:50-17:10 Student Panel: “CONSTANT ENDEAVOR” AND UPDATING DEMOCRACY
[TBD]

17:10-17:20 Closing Remarks
Richard Albert, Boston College/ICON-S

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