To Dream of Dreams: Religious Freedom and Constitutional Politics in Postwar Japan 9780824865191

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To Dream of Dreams: Religious Freedom and Constitutional Politics in Postwar Japan
 9780824865191

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Nail That Sticks Up
Chapter 2. Paradoxes Of (Dis)Establishment
Chapter 3. Manipulating Law’S Social Reality
Chapter 4. Past Remembering
Chapter 5. Enshrinements For Tomorrowland
Chapter 6, Cool Minds, Warm Hearts
Appendix A. Caseloads Of Courts In Japan
Appendix B. Individual Opinion Writing On The Supreme Court Of Japan, 1981–1993
Notes
Select Bibliography
Name And Subject Index
Case Index
About The Author

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