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Isao Sato

さとう いさお

Satō Isao

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1915-03-29 (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
Died
2006-06-17 age 91
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Legal scholar
Active Years
1937-2006
Affiliations
Sophia University, Seikei University, Tokai University
Influenced By
Toshiyoshi Miyazawa
Influenced
Yusuke Kasuya, Hisao Mukai, Toshiki Takano, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Motomi Yajima, Tomikazu Fujimoto, Satoko Matsuda, Hiromitsu Tamamaki, Tetsuo Maeda

Education

Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University
Faculty of Law / Department of Political Science
Degree: 法学士
Period: 1934-1937
Year of Graduation: 1937
Country: Japan
University of Tokyo
Degree: 博士(法学)
Period: 1958
Year of Graduation: 1958
Country: Japan

Awards

Medal with Purple Ribbon
1982
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star
1987
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Person of Cultural Merit
1995
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Introduction to the Japanese Constitution

1959 Legal scholarship

A commentary on the provisions of the Japanese Constitution.

Japanese ConstitutionComparative Constitutional Law

Bibliography

  • The Course of Constitutional Amendments
  • Parliament and Cabinet
  • Twelve Lectures on the Japanese Constitution
  • The Power to Protect the Constitution
  • Problems of Constitutional Interpretation (2 vols)
  • Draft Lectures on the Japanese Constitution
  • Talk on the Constitution: For the Vote to Protect the Constitution
  • The Constitution (Pocket Annotated Series)
  • The Constitution and You
  • Classroom of the Constitution
  • Study on Monarchy: Comparative Constitutional Considerations
  • Lectures on Comparative Political Systems
  • Administrative Organizational Law
  • Constitution
  • Introduction to Constitutional Research
  • Comparative Political Systems
  • Challenges of the Japanese Constitution: From 30 Years of Progress
  • Japan's Diet
  • Considering Constitutional Issues: Perspectives and Issues

Translations by Author

  • Constitutional Systems of Asia: Asian Response to American Influence

Health

  • Pneumonia
    2006年
    Cause of death

Legacy

He was a leading scholar of the Japanese Constitution and greatly influenced subsequent generations.

Archives

  • Sato Isao's former collection (National Diet Library, Parliamentary Archives)