er's Civil Liberty and Self-government.- Self- The manifesto of the party.-- Marquis Ito the real leader of the party.-- English Royalists under the leadership of Lord Clarendon, com- pared to the party. Guizot on the English Royalists. The divine right of the King, advo- CHAPTER XIV.—The Inauguration of the Constitu- Various methods of drafting the constitution dis- -- - Organic laws of Japan. The method of law- making of the Japanese nation resembles that of the French.- Boutmy on characteristics of the French. Does the Japanese constitution share the nature of a treaty ?—The spirit of the Japa- nese constitution widely different from that of the French and English constitutions.- Rigidity of the French and Japanese constitutions.-Con- ception of sovereignty in France. — In Japan. -The Japanese constitution more logical than the French. But the logic, built upon a false hypothesis. Dicey on the rigidity of the French constitutions. The organization of the House of Peers, not prescribed in the Japanese con- stitution. Why? An imitation of the Prussian system. The status of the legislature of Japan. -Of Prussia. The Parliamentary system of England being gradually realized in Japan.— Value of a constitution depends upon interpre- tation. Its illustrations." The King can do no CHAPTER XVII.-Growth of Social Democratic Laisser faire, dominant idea of the people since for preserving public peace. --— Programme of CHAPTER XVIII. Concluding Remarks, . Mutual relation of different chapters of the present work. The realization of constitutional government in Japan, not wholly due to Western political ideas.-Freeman on the liberty in ancient times of England. The Japanese nation often likened to the French. - De Tocqueville on the character of the French.-Impulsive quality of the Japanese, modified by circumstances.-Milton on the fickleness of the English people.-Freeman on the character of the English.-The spirit alike of the true reformer and the true conservative. Important political issues in a near future. -Liberalism and social problem. TABLE OF AUTHORS CITED, 194-201 202-208 CORRIGENDA I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Page 2, foot-note, for The Religion of Japan read The Religions of Page 33, foot-note 2, for chs. VII and VIII read chs. VII and XIII. Page 12, line 9, for environmental theroy Bondin, read environmental theory Bodin. Page 35, for goniu kumi read gonin kumi. Page 39, line 10, and page 46, line 7, for piety read benevolence. Page 52; line 15, for anwered read answered. Page 57, line 20, for trial read triad. Page 61, foot-note 3, for teu read ten. 9. Page 62, line 15, for won read on. IO. II. 12. 13. Page 62, line 27, and page 67, line 26, for filial piety read benevolence. to meet. Page 71, line 27, for that read the. Page 79, line 17, for ennervated read enervated. 14. Page 80, foot-note 1, for the career of Christianity read the early career, etc. 15. Page 98, line 26, for divise read devise. 16. Page 87, foot-note 1, for Easterners read Westerners. 17. Page 100, line 12, for liberal party read liberal school. 18. Page 104, line 30, for now President read formerly President. 19. Page 107, line 17, for at least read at last. 20. Page 108, line 23, for conflict read trouble. 21. 22. Page 112, line 28, for resul read result. Page 112, line 29, for 1880 read 1881. 23. Page 116, line 15, for adaptable read adapted. 24. Page 119, line 17, for in that read that in. 25. Page 149, line 5, for far reaching read far-reaching. 26. Page 158, foot-note 2, line 3, for Liberty Party read Liberal Party. |