Background
Beer, Lawrence Ward was born on May 11, 1932 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Norman Henry and Lucile Mary (Hodges) Beer.
(A translation of 47 Japanese judicial decisions (mostly S...)
A translation of 47 Japanese judicial decisions (mostly Supreme Court cases) selected by Japanese constitutional lawyers and judges with an introduction presenting the historical, sociopolitical, and comparative context relevant the legal and judicial systems in general. Over 20 translators contrib
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(Less noticed in the West than wars, terrorism and economi...)
Less noticed in the West than wars, terrorism and economic trends has been the historic development since World War II of constitutional government and law in Asia. Lawrence W. Beer has been a close observer of Asian linkages among law, politics, culture, and national security issues for over fifty years. His perspectives have been refined during long residence in Asia, especially Japan, by substantial friendly interactions with Asian legal scholars, judges and attorneys involved in the world of human rights constitutional law. This volume, which will be widely welcomed by students and researchers, brings together a selection of Beer's many works previously published in diverse venue, but no longer easily accessible. The collection opens with a review of constitutionalism in Asia and the United States and concludes with a recent examination of Japan's rejection of war: 'Japan's Constitutional Discourse and Performance'. By way of Afterword, the author offers an in-depth review of 'Globalization of Human Rights in the 21st Century'.
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Civil rights government and law educator
Beer, Lawrence Ward was born on May 11, 1932 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Norman Henry and Lucile Mary (Hodges) Beer.
AB, Gonzaga University, 1956. Master of Arts, Gonzaga University, 1957. Postgraduate, Fordham University, 1957.
Graduate, Japanese Language School, Tokyo, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1966.
Instructor english & philosophy Sophia University, Tokyo, 1957, 1960—1961. Training director California Credit Union League, Oakland, 1961—1962. Member faculty University Colorado, Boulder, 1966—1982, professor political science, 1974—1982.
Fred Morgan Kirby professor civil rights Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, since 1982, head department government & law, 1982—1985. Visiting research scholar faculty law University Tokyo, 1969—1970, 1973, 1978—1979, 1982, 84. Member editorial advisory committee Law Japan, since 1978.
Member editorial review board Human Rights Quarterly, since 1981. Member American advisory committee Japan Foundation, Washington, 1982—1984. Member international advisory committee Pacific Basin Law Journal, 1985—1989.
Fulbright professor law Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 1986—1987. Visiting scholar Asian law program University Washington, 1989—1990. Member editorial board Asian Survey, since 1989.
Editorial consultant Public Law Review, Melbourne University, since 1990. Visiting professor northwestern law school Lewis & Clark College, Portland.
(A translation of 47 Japanese judicial decisions (mostly S...)
(The Constitutional Case Law of Japan, 1970 through 1990, ...)
(Less noticed in the West than wars, terrorism and economi...)
Member of Public Law Association Japan, International Association Constitutional Law, World Association Law Professors (co-chairman 1985-1987), Institute International Education (member national screening committee 1991-1993), Council International Exchange Scholars (member political science advisory committee 1990-1993), American Political Science Association (member task force on political science major 1988—9191), Association Asian Studies (chairman committee on Asian law 1973-1978, 1982-1985, member executive committee Mid-Atlantic region 1984-1985, treasurer 1988-1989, vice president 1990-1991, president 1991-1992, member executive committee Mid-Atlantic region 1992-1993).
Married Keiko Juliana Harada, October 21, 1961. Children: David, Christopher, Kimberley, Lawrence.