| Item | Title | pages |
|---|---|---|
| [Preface] | Preface | ix-xi |
| 1 Reflections on Global Constitutionalism – In Search of Democracy and Peace | Preface | 1-3 |
| The global sovereignty of law | 3-8 | |
| Constitutionalizing globalization | 8-20 | |
| Some reflections | 20-43 | |
| Conclusion | 43-46 | |
| 2 Criticism of “Humanitarian Intervention” – The Perspective of the Japanese Constitution | The “Peace Perspective” of the Japanese Constitution | 49-55 |
| Challenges Posed to the UN Charter by the NATO Bombing, and the Response of Hague Appeal for Peace | 55-63 | |
| Emerging Trend and Critics Since Kosovo: Illegal but Moral? | 63-67 | |
| Conclusion | 67-69 | |
| 3 Okinawa: From the “Rule of Power” to the “Rule of Law” | What Is the Okinawa Problem? | 71-83 |
| US Bases in Okinawa: A Reconsideration | 83-91 | |
| 4 A Study of Laws pertaining to US Miliatry Bases In Okinawa – Towrad Constitutional Law Policy via Constitutional Law Constraction | Task and Method | 93-95 |
| Makeup of Okinawa US Military Base Law | 95-108 | |
| Anti-War Landowners’ Struggle Against the Japanese Government | 108-126 | |
| Lawsuit to Confirm Human Rights Violations under the Revised Special Measures Law on US Forces Land Use | 126-139 | |
| Conclusion | 139-142 | |
| 5 A New Demonstration of the Right to Live in Peace – Constitutional Lawsuits to Indict Participation in the Gulf War | What’s the Problem, and Why? | 143-149 |
| The Right to Live in Peace as a Constitutionally Guaranteed Right | 149-160 | |
| The Right to Live in Peace in Constitutional Lawsuits | 160-165 | |
| Conclusion — Responding to Criticism | 165-167 | |
| 6 The Japanese Constitution and Nuclear Weapons – A Discussion on the Relationship Between the Constitution and International Law | The Constitution of Japan: A Product of the “Nuclear Age” | 169-173 |
| The Constitution’s Peace Principles | 173-175 | |
| The Japanese Government’s Stance under the Nuclear Umbrella | 175-178 | |
| The Relationship Between International Law and the Constitution with Regard to Nuclear Weapons | 178-181 | |
| Conclusion | 181-182 | |
| 7 Essays on the Peace Constitution | Reflections on the Right to Live in Peace | 183-191 |
| A Draft Bill for a Nuclear- Free Japan | 191-195 | |
| How Should We Regard the Participation of the Self-Defense Forces in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations? | 196-201 | |
| 8 Aspects of the Right to Live in Peace | Whereabouts of the Question | 203-207 |
| Basis of the New International Peace Order | 207-211 | |
| Question of the Atomic Bomb Victim Relief Law | 211-214 | |
| The Matter of the Three Non- Nuclear Principles | 214-219 | |
| Relation with the Right of Peoples to Self- Determination | 219-222 | |
| Conclusion | 223 | |
| 9 The Judicial Review System in Japan – Legal Ideology of the Supreme Court Judges | Introduction | 225-227 |
| The Case for the Rule of Law and the Philosophy of Natural Law | 227-235 | |
| The Case for Democracy and Legal Positivism | 235-240 | |
| The Case for the Legitimacy of Justice | 240-249 | |
| Conclusion | 250-252 | |
| 10 Freedom, Peace and their Guarantees – From the viewpoint of the Constitution of Japan | Introduction | 253-254 |
| Two Constitutions of Japan | 254-256 | |
| Freedom | 256-261 | |
| Peace | 261-267 | |
| Democracy | 267-269 | |
| A Consideration of the Issues | 269-274 | |
| Conclusion | 274 |
