著者

川鍋 健

出版者

早稻田大學政治經濟學會

雑誌

早稻田政治經濟學雜誌 (ISSN:02877007)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.398, pp.19-35, 2022-09-30

著者

川鍋 健

出版者

石橋湛山記念財団

雑誌

自由思想 (ISSN:03850846)

巻号頁・発行日

no.153, pp.32-38, 2019-06

著者

川鍋 健

出版者

一橋大学大学院法学研究科

雑誌

一橋法学 (ISSN:13470388)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.15, no.2, pp.799-853, 2016-07

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While the great series of constitutional theory, We the People, written by Professor Bruce A. Ackerman, vividly describes what We the People in the U. S. has achieved in the constitutional canon without the form of the amendment, his historiography does not succeed in justifying why the existing We the People has to obey such an illegitimate Constitution. This article, firstly, clarifies his theory's failure with both the methodology of 'history of law' and 'history and law.' The evidence shows his methodology of 'historicism' cannot define what the constitutional canon should be or should have been although it can define what the constitutional canon is or was. Secondly, comparing Ackerman's recent fundamental idea, 'living Constitution,' with Professor D. Strauss's one, this article refers to the common expectation regarding court's activities creating the constitutional canon and promoting democracy. However, in conclusion, this article asserts the thought of 'living Constitution' still fails to justify the illegitimacy of the U. S. Constitution even though modern constitutional studies conceived the constitutional illegitimacy as a significant topic through his contribution.

著者

川鍋 健

出版者

一橋大学大学院法学研究科

雑誌

一橋法学 (ISSN:13470388)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, no.1, pp.165-206, 2017-03

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This article considers Professor Jack M. Balkin's text on the methodology of constitutional interpretation, Living Originalism, and his historical narrative of legitimating the U.S. Constitution, Constitutional Redemption. In both books, Balkin's commitment to equal citizenship of the U.S. Constitution and abundant reference to American history are influenced by Professor Bruce A. Ackerman's constitutional theory. This article recognizes that Balkin's dichotomy between "hard-wired" rules and abstract principles in constitutional interpretation succeeds in justifying a broad constitutional construction including apparently illegitimate constitutional changes such as Reconstruction and the New Deal. In addition, this article concedes that Balkin's acceptance and revision of constitutional historicism from Ackerman's theory are convincing because the dynamism of constitutional security, Living Constitutionalism, can be normatively controllable through historical reference even though Living Constitutionalism is frequently conceived of as approval of easy transition of the Constitution. This article also supports Balkin's implication that positive judgment of the Constitution by the judiciary contributes to promotion of democracy and popular sovereignty as establishment of equal citizenship. Finally, this article alludes to the applicability of Balkin's theory to the Japanese Constitution.