Sex, Sexuality, and the Constitution: Enshrining the Right to Sexual Autonomy in Japan

Author:   Shigenori Matsui
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
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9780774868167


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 February 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Sex, Sexuality, and the Constitution: Enshrining the Right to Sexual Autonomy in Japan


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Sex and sexuality are an integral part of human life and vital for the survival of the human race, but sexual freedoms in many countries have yet to be enshrined as constitutional rights. Focusing primarily on Japan, Sex, Sexuality, and the Constitution critically reconsiders the relationship between individual sexual freedoms and a constitutionally entrenched right to sexual autonomy. Shigenori Matsui explores the extent to which governments should be allowed to restrict or influence sexual autonomy to support desired population policy outcomes. Should the constitution encompass the following rights: an individual’s right to decide or change sexual or gender identity; to have sex or to refuse to have sex; to have children, through natural birth or through access to medically assisted reproduction; or to not have children, through access to abortion? This rigorously detailed legal analysis has implications for government policy in all countries facing similar population and constitutional rights challenges.

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Author:   Shigenori Matsui
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780774868167


ISBN 10:   0774868163
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"""This is the first book to undertake such a comprehensive examination of the legal and constitutional treatment of sexual autonomy in Japan.""--Daniel Foote, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ""Sensible as well as highly readable, Sex, Sexuality, and the Constitution is a must-have for scholars and students interested in privacy and sexual autonomy from a comparative perspective. The Japanese experience is a rich source of fascinating and thought-provoking material, and no one knows it better than Matsui.""--David S. Law, School of Law, University of Virginia"


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Shigenori Matsui is a professor in the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia and an internationally renowned expert in Japanese constitutional law, mass media law, and internet law. He has served as a member of Japan’s National Freedom of Information Review Board and as an examiner for its National Bar Examination Commission. Dr. Matsui has published more than forty books in Japan and is the author of Law and Disaster: Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown in Japan and The Constitution of Japan: A Contextual Analysis. He lives in Vancouver.

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