New book Biography Kotaro Tanaka - Founder of Fighting Justice, Seeker of International Law Chuko Shinsho

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Biography
Chuko Shinsho / Before the war, Kotaro Tanaka (1890-1974) faced the military as an authority of law from the standpoint of a professor at the University of Tokyo. After the war, he became the Minister of Education and worked on the enactment of the Basic Education Law. He rejected reversionism and socialism and strongly supported the new constitution. After becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after being a member of the House of Councillors, he led important decisions such as the Matsukawa and Sunagawa cases during his 10-year term as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He established judicial power that was weak despite being accused of being "reactionary." After retiring, he was elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice. It describes the life of a Catholic liberal who fought in various fields such as academia, politics and the judiciary in the turbulent times and shaped Japan after the war.