ツジ　ユウイチロウ   TSUJI YUICHIRO   辻　雄一郎    所属   明治大学  法学部    職種   専任教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2021/01
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Japanese Government Actions against COVID-19 under the Directives of Constitutional and Administrative Law
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review
掲載区分	国外
出版社・発行元	Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review
巻・号・頁	4(1),pp.1-34
総ページ数	34
担当範囲	1-34
著者・共著者	Yuichiro Tsuji
概要	This paper elucidates the actions of the Japanese government against COVID-19 during the first five months of 2020. On May 25, 2020, the government lifted the emergency declaration passed under the amended Influenza Special Measure Act (ISMA). This paper argues that the experience of Japanese government action is not unique, but similar to those of other countries. In February 2020, the Japanese government had passed ISMA against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), not COVID-19. The Government hesitated to use ISMA against COVID-19 for political reasons. The government opened advisory boards and chose policy judgment. If a delay in governmental actions led to an increase in the number of serious patients, the governmental inaction was subjected to the State Redress Act and people will change the government in the next election....