A leading Japanese Constitutional Law scholar offers a critical analysis of the High Court decision.
Manabu Ishizaki
Manabu Ishizaki
Manabu Ishizaki (photo omitted for privacy reasons) is a Japanese constitutional scholar and professor in the Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University. Born in 1968 in Kanagawa Prefecture, he graduated from the Department of Law at the Faculty of Law, Meiji University, in 1992. He completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Law, Ritsumeikan University, in 1997. He became an assistant at the Faculty of Law, Asia University in 1998, a full-time lecturer in 1999, and an associate professor in
2002. He became a professor at the Ryukoku University Law School in 2010 and at the Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University, in 2017. Professor Ishizaki specializes in constitutional law, with research focusing on modern human rights theory, Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, and the rights of persons with a psychiatric disability. His major publications include “The Transition of Human Rights” and “Real Constitutional Law” (co-edited).