Constitutions and the Commons looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its natural resources (or commons). Furthermore it considers how far the...

The transformation of Japan's environmental policy -- The rigidity of Japan's nuclear energy policy : state-centric gate-keeping -- The state of local capacity building : decentralized policy making -- Tokyo's metropolitan cap-and-trade : policy learning and diffusion -- Shiga's cooperation with...