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Symposium “Law and Conscience － with a focus on ‘Freedom of Conscience'”

Date：
Jul.12(Thu),2018    16:40-18:40
Venue：
Doshisha Chapel, Imadegawa Campus, Doshisha University

Speaker

Mr. Hiromichi Endo (Lawyer, Researcher in Constitutional Law)

Chair

Prof. Katsuhiro Kohara (School of Theology, Director of the Center for the Study of Conscience, Doshisha University)

Commentators

Prof. Itaru Fukaya (Doshisha Law School, Doshisha University)

Prof. Hisae Nakanishi (Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University)

Summary

While Article 19 of the Constitution of Japan stipulates “Freedom of thought and conscience shall not be violated,” history tells us that “freedom of conscience” could never be taken for granted. Conflicts in Europe between Catholics and Protestants led to “freedom of belief” being gradually guaranteed, which laid the groundwork for fundamental human rights as well as freedom of thought and conscience. In this symposium, we hope to approach the issues concerning law and conscience, inviting as a lecturer Mr. Hiromichi Endo, a researcher in Constitutional law and lawyer himself, who has run Nishinari Law Office since 1998 after his career as an assistant professor of Tohoku University.

Admission free; no reservations required.

Center for the Study of Conscience aims to examine “conscience” in contemporary society and to establish the “study of conscience” as an interdisciplinary academic field through the exploration of its possibilities for application and practice. We also aim to disseminate the research findings in Japan and abroad and to establish a new academic community in the field.