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Massachusetts Constitution Article I. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. Article V. The resolutions and advice of the council shall be recorded in a register, and signed by the members present; and this record may be called for at any time by either house of the legislature; and any member of the council may insert his opinion, contrary to the resolution of the majority. Article I. There shall be a council for advising the governor in the executive part of government, to consist of [nine] persons besides the lieutenant governor, whom the governor, for the time being, shall have full power and authority, from time to time, at his discretion, to assemble and call together. www.mass.gov /legis/const.htm   (6311 words)

Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For example, in the Constitution of Australia, most of its fundamental political principles and regulations concerning the relationship between branches of government, and concerning the government and the individual are codified in a single document, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. A "constitutional violation" is an action or legislative act that is judged by a constitutional court to be contrary to the constitution, that is, "unconstitutional". Constitutions vary extensively as to the degree of separation of powers, usually meaning the constitutional separation of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitution   (3805 words)

Encyclopedia: Japan The Constitution of Japan defines the emperor to be "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people", while what the symbol refers to or whether the emperor is a political, cultural, ethnic, moral or even spiritual symbol has been subject to much debate. Main article: Regions of Japan The regions of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts: for example, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions... Main article: Geography of Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia comprised of a large stratovolcanic archipelago extending along the Pacific coast of Asia. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japan   (9953 words)

Illinois Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography Seventeen cavalry regiments were also gathered, as well as two light artillery regiments. As codified in the state constitution, there are three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. This article is about the State of Illinois. encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Illinois   (2053 words)

The Yamato The Seventeen Article Constitution (in Japanese, Kenpo Jushichijo) was the earliest piece of Japanese writing and formed the overall philosophic basis of Japanese government through much of Japanese history. The "great king" of earlier Japanese history would be replaced by the Tenno, or "Heavenly Emperor." The Seventeen Article Constitution stressed the Confucian virtues of harmony, regularity, and the importance of the moral development of government officials. The second article of the constitution specifically enjoins the ruler to value the Three Treasures of Buddhism. www.angelfire.com /il/FAMOUSempires/yamato.html   (978 words)

"No Need for Arms and Armed Forces" In this outline of Prince Shotoku's Seventeen-article Constitution, we can see that he emphasized the importance of humility and mutual respect as the essential factor for avoiding conflict. I will also refer to some of Shakyamuni Buddha's stories, King Ashoka's edicts, Prince Shotoku's Seventeen-article Constitution, some passages from the Larger Sutra and Honen's thought. The first article states that the most precious thing is peace and harmony and its essence lies in the absence of conflict. www.shindharmanet.com /writings/peace.htm   (3068 words)

MSN Encarta - Search View - Japan Among the rights protected by the constitution are the rights to minimum standards of living and equal education, the right to work, and the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively. Under a revised constitution, the emperor assumed a primarily symbolic role as the head of state in Japan’s constitutional monarchy. The Constitution of Japan became effective in 1947 as an amendment to the 1889 Constitution of the Empire of Japan (also called the Meiji constitution for the emperor Meiji, who promulgated it). encarta.msn.com /text_761566679__1/Japan.html   (19793 words)

Why Buddhism The three treasures (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) are the final refuge of the four generated beings, and are the supreme objects of faith in all countries. The Prince proclaims that the only way to correct oneself and errors of society are to rely on the Buddha, and the Teachings of the Buddha-the Dharma, as well as the importance of a truly united and caring Sangha. However, we should remember a majority is a majority, but does not necessarily always constitute what is right. www.aloha.net /~horaku/whybuddhism.html   (973 words)

The Fighting Tradition of Japan The newspaper articles on the demonstration raised public interest in the art and generated massive number of requests for additional karate demonstrations and instruction. Heavily influenced by Confucian ideals, Shotoku's constitution defined that civility, or courtesy, is the foundation of society. The Imperial Constitution, promulgated in 1889, declared the emperor "sacred and inviolable." However, the emperor himself reigned rather than ruled. www.dragon-tsunami.org /Dtimes/Pages/article22.htm   (4437 words)

Taika Reform Edicts -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article The two most important political innovations in ancient (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan were the Seventeen Article Constitution of (Click link for more info and facts about Prince Shotoku) Prince Shotoku (c. It also severely curtailed the independence of regional officials and constituted the imperial court as a place of appeal and complaint for the people. Japan, however, was still largely a (Latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)) Neolithic culture; it would take centuries for the ideal of the Chinese style emperor to take root. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/taika_reform_edicts.htm   (361 words)

The Timetable of World Legal History The 7 articles of the American Constitution were signed in Philadelphia in 1787 and formed the basis of the first republican government in the world. With the ink barely dry on the Constitution (signed only four years earlier), American statesmen amended their supreme law by declaring the rights of free speech, freedom of the press and of religion, a right to trial by one's peers (jury), and protection against "cruel and unusual punishment" or unreasonable searches or seizures. In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the supremacy of the Constitution and stated unequivocally that it had the power to strike down actions taken by American federal or state legislative bodies which, in its opinion, offended the Constitution. www.duhaime.org /Law_museum/hist.aspx   (3221 words)

Japan [Definition] Main article: History of Japan Pre-History/The Origin of History Jomon Period Main article: Jomon The origins of Japanese civilization are buried in legend. Under Japan's present constitution, the emperor is a largely ceremonial figurehead constitutional monarch (see Politics of Japan).... Official languageAn official language is a language that is given a unique status in the constitutions of countries, states, and other territories. www.wikimirror.com /Japan   (5191 words)

History Alive! The Medieval World and Beyond Primary Sources The Seventeen Article Constitution is different from other constitutions you may have studied. When he wrote Japan’s earliest code of law, called the Seventeen Article Constitution, he based much of it on ideas from the Chinese philosopher Confucius. Prince Shokoku based many of the ideas in his Seventeen Article Constitution on the teachings of Confucius. www.teachtci.com /primarysources/U5Primary.asp   (381 words)

Japanese Government-printer friendly version National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies Senrei provides "summaries of important recent constitutional, civil and commercial law cases from Japan as well as articles and essays on a variety of topics relating to law in Japan." Case summaries are organized by area and topic. This constitution created the framework for the Japanese democratic government and redefined the role of the emperor from political leader and divine personage to that of ceremonial head of state, while the political leader of Japan is the democratically elected prime minister. The current constitution was largely drafted by the Allied Occupation forces headed by General Douglas MacArthur after the end of World War II. www.indiana.edu /~japan/iguides/gov-pfv.html   (701 words)

The New Yorker: Fact The framers of the Constitution created the House of Representatives to be the branch of government most responsive to changes in the public mood, but gerrymandered districts mean that most of the four hundred and thirty-five members of Congress never face seriously contested general elections. Indeed, the court said that the Constitution was not violated unless one political party was “essentially shut out of the political process.” According to Heather Gerken, of Harvard, “The court set the bar so high for constitutional violations that no one has ever successfully fought a partisan gerrymander anywhere since 1986. James Madison, in the Federalist Papers, said the House was meant to be a “numerous and changeable body,” where the members would have “an habitual recollection of their dependence on the people.” While the House was supposed to be impetuous, the Senate was intended to be stable. www.newyorker.com /fact/content?031208fa_fact   (4552 words)

Send 'free' to work: Creative Commons brings copyrights into the digital age She expressed this view in an article for Performing Songwriter Magazine in May 2002 and my word, were people in the industry upset with her. From Ray Arrowood on February 21, 2005 at 8:01 PM Interesting article, especially the part about the large number of books published since 1930 that were never copyright protected. When Napster was running full tilt, Ian says, she heard from about 100 people a month who had downloaded one of her hit songs, "Society's Child" or "At Seventeen," for instance, and 15 of them bought CDs. www.ojr.org /ojr/stories/050120seebach   (1977 words)

Japanese philosophy : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online In this light the Seventeen Article Constitution of ad 604 is one of the first philosophical documents of ancient Japan (see Shōtoku Constitution). The Constitution’s first article opened with a quotation from Confucius about the importance of maintaining ‘harmony’. Although the Constitution itself lacked any detailed philosophical argument, it marks an early attempt to draw on multiple philosophical traditions in a coherent manner. www.rep.routledge.com /article/G100SECT2   (1053 words)

Journal of Buddhist Ethics Such a mixture of Buddhist and Confucian ideas in Japanese Buddhist social ethics was clear in the Seventeen Article Constitution (604 C.E.) of Prince Shotoku Taishi, the devout Buddhist nephew of Empress Suiko and a member of the Soga clan. The Seventeen Article Constitution itself skillfully blended Confucian ethical ideas with state support for Buddhism. Yet, it was the differences perhaps which constituted the more historically important trends. jbe.gold.ac.uk /3/ornatow1.html   (10737 words)

Japanese Ego Negation and the Achievement of Self, by Mark J. Tankosich Obviously an integral part of the Confucian world view (the quoted opening to Shohtoku's constitution was, according to Smith, 1983:50, originally taken from the Confucian Analects), harmony has also come to be valued for its own sake. Rohlen, while not directly addressing the issue being examined here, does seem in his article on seishin or "spiritual" education to provide enough information for us to extrapolate another view on the "right" state of the person (Rohlen, 1973:1557, 1558, 1559-60). A second source of the concern for successful interpersonal relations is what might be called a "core value" of wa or "harmony." The Japanese, as do all peoples, prioritize the importance of certain values over that of others, and wa is clearly near, if not at, the top of their list. seinenkai.com /articles/tankosich/tankosich2.html   (5623 words)

japrel97 Article Reviews: Four short reviews (4-5 pages) that summarize and critically respond to an article related to the material being studied. This will mean reviewing articles that deal with subjects in roughly the following chronological order: pre-Buddhist Japanese religion (due September 29); Nara through Heian (due October 20), Kamakura up to Meiji (due Nov. 12), and contemporary Japan (due Dec. 10). Introduction of Buddhism to Japan: the beginnings of Buddhist-Shinto syncretism; clan Buddhism; Shotoku Taishi; Nara Buddhism and the state. sophia.smith.edu /~jhubbard/syllabi/japrel97.htm   (624 words)

Information on Philosophers In Jushichyo kempo (Seventeen Article Constitution) and Sangyo gisho (Commentaries on Three Sutras), Shotoku outlines a philosophy that the universal moral solidarity of the community is suggesting the primary ideal of a just society. The Seventeen Article Constitution issued by Shotoku in 604 A.D. was Japan's first legislation. The spirit reflected in his writings is nothing less than the basis for the subsequent development of Japanese thought. www.geocities.com /lddebate/philosophytext.html   (6007 words)

Roots of American Law Originally it was Article the First, Article the Second, through Article the twelfth Now they are called Amendment I through Amendment X At any rate the online version is more secular leaning than the booklet sent out in the 90s The booklet version of ancient laws symbolized how ancient laws were originally written. Justinian (who reigned AD 527 to 565), commissioned the collection, organization, and revision of the constitutions (the Codex) and the jurists' writings (the Digest). According to a letter from Weinman to Gilbert, the tablet between them symbolizes the first ten amendments to the Constitution, also known as the Bill of Rights. candst.tripod.com /histlaw.htm   (3502 words)

Mike's History p 70 - Shotoku. Japanese Seventeen-Article Constitution. Prince Shotoku's Seventeen-Article Constitution is Japan's earliest formal law code. Among other things, they adopted a Chinese-style calendar, grades of official ranks, and a formal body of written law. www.galileolibrary.com /history/history_page_70.htm   (1628 words)

The Asuka Era 552-710 In 604 he issued his "Seventeen Article Constitution", establishing the ruler of the country as supreme and a "heavenly Sovereign." Government powers were to be centralized, and all people, including the clan leaders, were to show obedience to the ruler of the country. This period then saw the first attempts to establish a constitution and a system of official ranks. In 603 he began to introduce the Chinese method of bureaucratic rule. www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/jh1.html   (756 words)

PRINCE SHOTOKU ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND INFORMATION The Seventeen-article_constitution was promulgated, and is often attributed to Prince Sh&, though some scholars today doubt if he wrote this constitution, because of style. In 603, he established the twelve official ranks at court. In 607, he sent a mission led by Ono_no_Imoko to the Sui_Dynasty. www.adscontractors.com /Prince_Shotoku   (372 words)

artnet.com: Resource Library: Shotoku He is said to have instituted reforms of the court rank system, initiated diplomatic relations with China and helped frame the Seventeen-Article Constitution (Jushichijo no kenpo; 604), an early statement of Japanese universalist philosophy, consisting of moral injunctions for government officials. To access the rest of this article, including the bibliography, subscribe to www.groveart.com. More significantly, he was a fervent patron of Buddhism who helped foster closer religious and cultural ties with the continent. www.artnet.com /library/07/0783/T078376.asp   (305 words)

Suiko, Empress Biography / Biography of Suiko, Empress Biography Biography She was the first empress regnant, and during her 35-year reign the 12 grades in court ranking--in the cap ranks--and the Seventeen-article Constitution were proclaimed. emperor · japan · seventeen · prince · reign · imperial · regent · heir apparent · empress · imperial family · chieftain · ascend · prince shotoku · soga · male members · prince regent · article constitution · shotoku taishi · imperial clan Suiko was the second daughter of Emperor Kimmei and was known as Toyo-mike Kashiki-ya-hime. www.bookrags.com /biography-suiko-empress/index.html   (235 words)

AllRefer.com - Japan - Kofun And Asuka Periods, Ca. A.D. 250-710 Japanese Information Resource Under Shotoku's direction, Confucian models of rank and etiquette were adopted, and his Seventeen Article Constitution (Kenpo jushichiju) prescribed ways to bring harmony to a society chaotic in Confucian terms. Although it did not constitute a legal code, the Taika Reform (Taika means great change) mandated a series of reforms that established the ritsuryo system of social, fiscal, and administrative mechanisms of the seventh to tenth centuries. He was influenced by Confucian principles, including the Mandate of Heaven, which suggested that the sovereign ruled at the will of a supreme force. reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/japan/japan16.html   (1640 words)

Schools of Japanese Buddhism "Seventeen Article Constitution" (actually principles of government, mostly Confucian but some Buddhist) www2.kenyon.edu /Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln275/schools.htm   (289 words)

MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Centre - Social & Political Sciences Search more than 2,900 articles on the world of knowledge--from aardvark to Zambia. First Ten Amendments to the United States Constitution MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Centre - Social and Political Sciences uk.encarta.msn.com /artcenter_1.6/Social_Political_Sciences.html   (129 words)

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