Article 31 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 31 of the Constitution of Japan is a fundamental due process clause that protects individuals from being deprived of life or liberty except according to procedures established by law.

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Label Occurrences
Article 31 of the Constitution of Japan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedWith postwar Constitution of Japan ⓘ
aimsToEnsure fair legal procedures ⓘ
aimsToPrevent arbitrary deprivation of liberty ⓘ
arbitrary deprivation of life ⓘ
appliesTo administrative sanctions affecting liberty ⓘ
criminal procedures ⓘ
judicial procedures affecting life or liberty ⓘ
bindingOn executive ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
legislature ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1947-05-03 ⓘ
category human rights provision of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
chapter Chapter III of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
chapterTitle Rights and Duties of the People ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme law within Japanese legal order ⓘ
corePrinciple no person shall be deprived of life or liberty except according to procedure established by law ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
enactedIn 1946 ⓘ
influencedBy United States constitutional due process jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Due Process Clause

due process clauses in Western constitutions ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
jurisdiction Japan ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
legalConcept due process of law ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
criminal procedure law ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Japan ⓘ
predecessorDocument Meiji Constitution ⓘ
protects due process rights ⓘ
personal liberty ⓘ
right to life ⓘ
relatedTo Article 32 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 33 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 34 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 35 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 36 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
requires legality and fairness of procedures affecting life or liberty ⓘ
procedure established by law for deprivation of life or liberty ⓘ
statutory basis for criminal punishment ⓘ
shortDescription due process clause in the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subjectMatter conditions for lawful deprivation of life or liberty ⓘ
typeOfRight fundamental human right ⓘ
procedural right ⓘ
usedFor assessment of fairness of legal procedures ⓘ
constitutional review of criminal procedure laws ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chapter III of the Constitution of Japan → containsArticle → Article 31 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 38 of the Constitution of Japan → relatedTo → Article 31 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ