The Japanese Supreme Court as a Litmus Test for Generic Constitutionalism?

What is it about?

The article discusses the idea of generic constitutionalism by resorting to the analysis of the most relevant case law of the Japanese Supreme Court. The Japanese Court, influenced by the Western Legal Tradition, resorts to some adjudication techniques such as the reasonableness test and the proportionality test, though with a significant cultural imprinting.

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Why is it important?

We analyse the adjudication techniques of the Japanese Supreme Court, trying to asses the extent of the influence on their employment of the cultural misprinting.