CASE / 1946–1947

Japan's constitutional-rights settlement, 1946–1947

The adoption and commencement of Japan's postwar constitutional equality and marriage provisions under an Allied occupation drafting context.

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Boundary: The constitutional drafting, promulgation, and commencement interval; not a complete account of Japanese liberal traditions or equality in practice.

Why this case: The settlement supplies a non-Atlantic constitutional example while making occupation power and gender-specific provisions visible.

Japanese constitutional-rights adoption and commencement 1946–1947

Articles 14 and 24 and their drafting context; not their full implementation history.

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observation

Article 14 of Japan's Constitution states that all people are equal under the law and prohibits discrimination in political, economic, or social relations on its listed grounds.

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Article 24 states that marriage is maintained through mutual cooperation with equal rights of husband and wife as a basis.

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observation

Nakanishi, Onose, and Kusano trace how Beate Shirota Gordon's occupation-era drafts shaped Articles 24 and 26 alongside Japanese deliberation and revision.

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