He was a major figure in the implementation of the postwar Japanese Constitution.
"The rights and duties of the people" are prominently featured in the postwar constitution.
Japan's postwar Constitution prohibits the use of military force for resolving international disputes.
Such freedoms are delineated in the postwar constitution without qualification.
But its postwar Constitution prohibits it from conducting offensive operations abroad.
Germans wrote that article into their postwar constitution as a reaction to their experiences in previous decades.
Although since the late 1950s these activities had been described by the ministry as "desirable," neither had legal status under the postwar constitution.
In the postwar constitution, the emperor's role in the political system was drastically redefined.
This is permitted by a provision in Germany's postwar Constitution that has never been invoked.
At age 26, she took part in the "Committee of the 75," which wrote a first draft of Italy's postwar constitution.