| Hirobumi Itō - Constitutional history - 1889 - 312 pages
...person, but also shall He not be made a topic of derogatory comment nor one of discussion. ARTICLE IV. The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining...according to the provisions of the present Constitution. • The sovereign power of reigning over and of governing the State, is inherited by the Emperor from... | |
| Japan - Constitutions - 1889 - 74 pages
...the provisions of the Imperial House Law. ARTICLE III. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable. ARTICLE IV. The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining...according to the provisions of the present Constitution. ARTICLE V. The Emperor exercises the legislative power with the consent of the Imperial Diet. ARTICLE... | |
| William Elliot Griffis - Japan - 1890 - 676 pages
...whole past of the nation is reaffirmed. " The mikado's person is sacred and inviolable. He combines in himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercises...according to the provisions of the present Constitution." Japan is still "the mikado's empire." Hitherto the rights of the common people have never been acknowledged,... | |
| New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1894 - 508 pages
...to the provisions of the Imperial House law. Art. 3. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable. Art. 4. The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in...according to the provisions of the present Constitution. Art. 5. The Emperor exercises the legislative power with the consent of the Imperial Diet. Art 6. The... | |
| Law - 1898 - 402 pages
..."The Emperor is sacred and inviolable." Of the sovereign power of the Emperor article IV. provides : "The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining...sovereignty, and exercises them, according to the provision of the present Constitution." But he has no actual power in legislation except by the .consent... | |
| Social sciences - 1900 - 400 pages
...language whose import is deep and comprehensive. An article in our Constitution, for instance, declares: "The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining...exercises them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution."3 This article may, as do the believers in the divine right of the Emperor.be interpreted... | |
| Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 708 pages
...Absolute Monarchy. A Constitution was, however, promulgated on February 11, 1889. By this Constitution the Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercising the whole of the executive powers with the advice and assistance of the Cabinet Ministers,... | |
| Asiatic Society of Japan - Japan - 1901 - 876 pages
...any of the other Departments of State, was selected. It showed clearly that the Emperor was to remain the " Head of the Empire, combining in " Himself the rights of sovereignty," though it was determined, with His sanction, that their exercise should be thereafter guided by the... | |
| Alfred Stead - Japan - 1902 - 282 pages
...decline the ancient form of government." Article III. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable. Article IV. The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining...according to the provisions of the present Constitution. Article V. The Emperor exercises the legislative power with the consent of the Imperial Diet. This... | |
| Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami - Japan - 1903 - 258 pages
...language whose import is deep and comprehensive. An article in our Constitution, for instance, declares: " The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in...according to the provisions of the present Constitution." 3 This article may, as do the believers in the divine right of the Emperor, be interpreted as follows... | |
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