[New constitution of Japan promotional slides] [slides]. 2.

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Pamphlet Text: 明治の憲法に定めた自由や権利はすべての人間が生まれながらに天から授かったものとゆう考え方でなく、法律の範囲でみとめられたもので、法律でならこの自由や権利をどんなにおさえてもよいとゆうふうに考えられてしまいました。それは憲法の定め方がなまぬるかったとゆうこともありますが、一つには国民に基本的人権がどんなに尊いものであるかとゆうことがまだはっきりわかっていなかったからであります。
English Translation: The rationale behind the Meiji Constitution was not that freedoms and rights were received from Heaven by humans and granted at birth, but instead were rights extended within the purview of the law, and the law determined how much freedom and rights could be curtailed. In this way, the overtures within the Constitution towards establishing human rights were lukewarm. One reason this was so is that the citizenry did not yet clearly understand how precious basic human rights are.
Image Descriptive Text: A portly man in a business suit and a top hat labeled 法律 (Hōritsu) meaning "law" walks, holding the leashes of five different dogs. Two of the dogs have characters on them, 国 (Koku), and 民 (min). 国民 (Kokumin) means "people", and thus this image symbolizes the law leading the people literally.
Main Entry - Personal Name: Kondō, Hidezō, 近藤日出造
Added Entry - Corporate Name: 03 日本幻燈株式会社.; 03 Nihon Gentō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Published: [Japan : s.n., 1947?]
Format: 16 slides : col. ; 4.1 x 5.4 cm. in box 5 x 7 x 6.7 cm.
Note: 01 "制作日本幻燈株式会社"--box.; 01 "seisaku Nihon Gentō Kabushiki Kaisha" -- box
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term: Constitutional law Japan Slides.

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Collection: Alfred Hussey Collection: Japan's Constitution Slides
Image Size: 3889 x 2886
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Record: 8
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