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宮永 孝

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.68, no.1, pp.1-61, 2021-07

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津田 正太郎

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.65, no.4, pp.19-36, 2019-03

著者

津田 正太郎

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.68, no.2, pp.97-133, 2021-09

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奥 武則

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法政大学

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.51, no.3, pp.79-117, 2004-12

著者

宮永 孝

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法政大学

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.47, no.2, pp.118-182, 2000-12

著者

津田 正太郎

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.65, no.3, pp.25-54, 2018-12

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宮永 孝

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.68, no.4, pp.1-50, 2022-03

著者

津田 正太郎

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.66, no.3, pp.169-193, 2019-12

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宮永 孝

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法政大学

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.46, no.3, pp.171-240, 2000-03

著者

津田 正太郎

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = 社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.59, no.4, pp.57-75, 2013-03

著者

山田 唐波里

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.68, no.1, pp.1-43, 2021-07

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宮永 孝 Miyanaga Takashi

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.51, no.4, pp.1-36, 2005-03

著者

津田 正太郎

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.65, no.4, pp.19-36, 2019-03

著者

宮永 孝

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.69, no.3, pp.1-81, 2022-12

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This essay is comprised of the following sections. Preface 1) The course of the centralization of administrative power 2) The preparatory stage of the Imperial Constitution 3) The Emperor Meiji and his politics 4) Compilation of the new government Penal Code. Lese-majesty (不敬罪) text as prepared by Boissonade. 5) Two Tokyo University professors discharged due to disrespectful nature 6) The Annals of Lese-majesty in Japan from the Meiji period until the Heisei era 7) The origins of affair, the number of cases and persons indicted for Lese-majesty over/during a 150 year period 8) The beginning and the repeal of the bad law. PostfaceThe Imperial Family was the head house (宗家) in Japan whose central person, the Emperor, was a living god who governed the Empire for thousands of years. The revised Criminal Code prescribed in 1940 ordained offenses against the Imperial Family as follows:Article 154 ……………… One who inflicts an injury on the Emperor or attempts to do harm him deserves the death penalty (死刑).〃 155 ……………… One who is disrespectful to the Emperor deserves more than 2 years of penal servitude.〃 156 ……………… One who defiles Dai-jingū (i.e. The Grand Shrine in Ise) deserves more than 2 years of penal servitude.〃 157 ……………… One who defiles the Imperial tomb (御陵) deserves one year of penal servitude.〃 158 ……………… One who inflicts an injury on the Prince Regent (摂政) or attemps to harm him deserves the death penalty.〃 159 ……………… This law also applies to the Empress Dowager, the Empress, the Prince Imperial, the Crown Princess and the eldest grandson of an Emperor.〃 160 ……………… One who inflicts an injury on the Royal Family or attemps to harm them deserves, the death penalty or imprisonment for life.〃 161 ……………… One who is disrespectful to the Royal Family will be condemned to more than 6 months imprisonment with hard labour or penal servitude not exceeding 10 years.〃 162 ……………… One who defiles the Imperial tomb will be sentenced to more than 6 months’ imprisonment with hard labour or penal servitude not exceeding 10 years.Also one who is disrespectful for the tombs of the Royal Family deserves imprisonment with hard labour not exceeding 10 years.〃 164(sic) ……………… One who breaks into the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Garden (禁苑), the Imperial Villa (離宮) or the Emperor’s Temporary Quarters (行在所) will be condemned to more than 6 months’ imprisonment with hard labour or penal servitude not exceeding 7 years.What is Lese-majesty? Nowadays this word seems to be an obsolete one. Very rarely do we see or hear the word. But in pre-war days this was a repressive law in company with the Maintenance of the Public Order Act (治安維持法) to support the Tenno System (i.e. the Emperor System of Japan). The Meiji government thought much of enacting a penal code to maintain the public peace and order.Gustave Emile Boissonade (1825~1910), a legal professor of Sorbonne, Paris, was invited to Japan to codify laws among which the Criminal Procedure Act, the Civil Law and the Penal Code were included. It was Boissonade who first mapped out Lese-majesty for the Empire of Japan, however, his original drafts were thoroughly revised to adapt themselves to Japan’s state of affairs. Lese-majesty was finally codified after undergoing much revision in the 15th year of the Meiji (i.e. 1882). The law lasted for 67 years until it was abolished by the order of Douglas MacArthur (1880~1964), the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in 1947.The masses in Japan long felt oppressed by the Tenno System living under the heavy pressure of it until the end of the Pacific War. There was no way to appeal to a higher court once charged with Lese-majesty. People sometimes exploded with rage which had built up for many years against the Emperor. The Emperor and the Royal Family were living human beings on the earth just like the multitudes. They are not of a different race. However they live in ease and comfort by the taxes we pay and being protected by the government, whereas the mass of people live in poverty. The difference between commoners and those of noble origin influence on wealth and rank. But the common people know how to resign themselves to their lot accepting the situation.

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高橋 彦博

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法政大学

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.49, no.4, pp.1-33, 2003-03

著者

宮永 孝 Miyanaga Takashi

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.60, no.4, pp.1-51, 2014-03

著者

中筋 直哉

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.69, no.4, pp.119-133, 2023-03

著者

佐藤 成基

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = Hosei journal of sociology and social sciences (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.65, no.2, pp.95-115, 2018-09

著者

佐藤 成基

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.56, no.4, pp.93-126, 2010-03

著者

鈴木 智之

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法政大学社会学部学会

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社会志林 = 社会志林 (ISSN:13445952)

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vol.61, no.3, pp.23-53, 2014-12