Making the Japanese Constitution: Col. Kades interviewed by Prof. Haley

This extraordinary document is the video recording of the interview made on May 23, 1989, by Prof. John O. Haley to Col. Charles L. Kades, about the drafting the Japanese Constitution. See a brief introduction to the video and comments at the Italian blog on Japanese law: http://dirittogiapponese.wordpress.co... The video was produced by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, as a part of its "World Focus" series. Special thanks go to Mr. Robert R. Britt of the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington for his helpful assistance; to Prof. Daniel H. Foote of the University of Tokyo Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, for providing a copy of the video; and to Prof. John O. Haley of Vanderbilt Law School and Prof. Resat Kasaba, Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, for granting permission to publish this video online.