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TSUJI YUICHIRO
Department Undergraduate School , School of Law Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2018/04 |
| Type | Academic Journal |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Vote value disparity and judicial review in Japan （Disparidade do valor do voto e revisão judicial no Japão) |
| Contribution Type | Sole-authored |
| Journal | Journal of Constitutional Research |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 5(2),pp.57-91 |
| Author and coauthor | 辻 雄一郎 |
| Details | This study aims to propose a discussion on vote value disparity and judicial review in Japan. The starting point of this analysis is the 2015 ruling by the Japanese Supreme Court on the disparity in the number of members in the House of Representatives following the general elections of December 2014. According to the Japanese Constitution, the value of the votes should be equal to the total number of voters. It was requested to the Supreme Court that the results of the 2014 elections for the House of Representatives were considered null and void. The article analyses the current Diet, the Japanese electoral system, the Japanese judicial review and the relation between representatives and voters. Then, … |
| DOI | 10.5380/rinc.v5i2.58989 |
| ISSN | ISSN 2359-5639 |
| URL for researchmap | https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/issue/view/2547/showToc |