The Meiji State and Taiwan-The Political Extension of Law 63 Promulgated in 1896
Resource
臺大歷史學報, 37, 059-143
Journal
臺大歷史學報
Journal Issue
37
Pages
059-143
Date Issued
2006-06
Date
2006-06
Author(s)
Wu, M.C.
Abstract
This paper examines Japan's displacement of Taiwan, a new colony, into the framework of the Constitution of the Great Japanese Empire after it acquired Taiwan; in the meantime, it also considers the necessity of special arrangements for ruling Taiwan. The time period focused on the 10 years from the passing of Law 63 in 1896 to the passing of Law 31 in 1906. The article analyzes how the Japanese, without any colony management experience, developed and designed colonial systems based on Westerners' advice and suggestions, and further developed political supports through negotiations inside the government and congress. Within these ten years, though Law 63, which represented the principle of Colony Extension and the violation of Constitution, was frequently questioned by the Imperial Diet, the Meiji government consistently protected Law 63 through political manipulations. In the last stage, it tried to reform the Constitution to authorize a special legal system for ruling Taiwan. For these reasons, the Act claiming a principle of Motherland Extension proposed by the Minister Hara Takeshi was not accepted, while Law 31, which continued an approach of the colony extension principle in Law 63 was passed. Thus, the colony principle was formalized, and was not changed until the end of the World War I.
Subjects
六三法
三一法
明治憲法
內地延長主義
大日本帝國憲法
Law 63 promulgated in 1896
Law 31 promulgated in 1906
Meiji Constitution
motherland extension
Constitution of the Great Japanese Empire
Type
journal article
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