Constitutional history -- Japan
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles L. Kades Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00214
Abstract
Charles L. Kades (1906-1996) was a lawyer and U.S. army officer who served in the Government Section of the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) in post-war Japan. He is best known for his role in drafting Japan's post-war constitution. The collection includes original and photocopied memoranda, drafts, and correspondence documenting the constitutional drafting process. It also includes contemporaneous translations of the Japanese parliamentary debates on...
Dates:
1913-1997; Majority of material found within 1945-1996
Karl Loewenstein Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00206
Abstract
Materials produced and collected by Karl Loewenstein (1891-1973) over the course of his long career as a political scientist, professor, lawyer, and government advisor. The papers include professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, reports, memoranda, legal documents, diaries, lecture and interview transcripts, photographs, recordings, and printed material. The bulk of the collection documents Loewenstein's long academic career, which began in Munich and continued...
Dates:
1822-1977 1908-1973