WAGING WAR: JAPAN’S CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS

Authors

  • John O. Haley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21991/C9467X

Abstract

Article 9 of Japan’s postwar constitution subjects the nation to stringently worded constraints on its legal capacity to wage war. Although not the only constitution to include a renunciation of war,1 Japan’s postwar constitution is unique in its prohibition of military forces that make war possible.2

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Published

2011-07-26

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