Kenneth McElwain, "What Do Japanese People Want From Their Constitution?"

Date and Time

February 10, 2025
12:00PM - 01:00PM EST

Location

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)

Poster with event details

Kenneth McElwain
Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

Moderator: Helen Hardacre
Reischauer Institute Research Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies at the Harvard Law School; the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; and the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network.

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Additional Resources

  1. Eshima S, McElwain KM, Takahashi A, and Winkler C. 2024 “Constitutional Design Preferences: An Experimental Approach” International Journal of Constitutional Law (with S. Eshima, A. Takahashi, and C. Winkler) https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/moae052
  2. McElwain KM. 2022 “Constitutional Politics in the Post-Abe Era: Institutional and Political Hurdles.” Nippon.com (Oct 19, 2022) https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00847/constitutional-politics-in-the-post-abe-era-institutional-and-political-hurdles.html