They crafted a constitutional article calling for the creation of a new federal department -- the Department of Youth.
Its national conservative values, so one constitutional article states, are to inform interpretations of the document as a whole.
The trial of civilians in military courts was protected by a different constitutional article.
Moreover, Gorbachev radically changed Soviet political life when he removed the constitutional article according to which the only legal political organization was the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Last week Setsu Kobayashi, a prominent scholar and advocate of changing article nine, joined a newly formed group of constitutional experts to defend article 96.
Bills of constitutional importance, such as the article 50 bill, are considered by a committee of the whole house, where all MPs are entitled to contribute.
Neither Obama nor Clinton appear to possess the slightest understanding of the concept of "constitutional government". Very poorly written article ("Lobdell: When did pets become more important that humans?," Dec. 21).
He is the author of scores of articles on constitutional law and criminal procedure, as well as The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles, published by Yale University Press.
In a recent survey of Diet members, 60% came out in favour of constitutional amendments—and not just to Article 9.
Part I of the article briefly presents the idea of constitutional patriotism.
