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	日本語
発行・発表の年月	2022/03
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Political Power and the Limits of Academic Freedom in Japan in the Era of Covid-19
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	Australian Journal of Asian Law
掲載区分	国外
出版社・発行元	University of Melbourne
巻・号・頁	22(2),117-130頁
総ページ数	14
担当区分	筆頭著者
概要	This article examines the Japanese government's response to Covid-19 from the perspective of academic freedom in constitutional jurisprudence. Academic freedom, which aims to maintain a certain tension between scientific research and politics, is constitutionally guaranteed in Japan. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity for the Japanese government to exclude critics of its policy responses from expert advisory bodies, both its own recently established Covid-19 expert subcommittee and the long-standing Science Council of Japan. This article argues that the government’s actions violate the constitution protection of academic freedom and are a part of a wider trend whereby the government exploits its ‘personnel’ or ‘appointive’ power to ensure support for its policies, and that this has serious implications for the rule of law.