The influence of the Constitution of the USA upon the german constitutions

本研究的重点是美国宪法对德国宪法的影响，以往很少有人对此进行详细的研究。这项研究的目的尤其是考察1849年所谓的法兰克福宪法的历史意义。作为这项研究的一部分，我在1992年9月出版了《法兰克福宪法》的日文译本。虽然近代以后的许多德国宪法的日文译本已经出版，如1919年的1871年宪法和1949年的现行宪法，但迄今为止，尽管法兰克福宪法对后来的德国宪法，特别是1919年的宪法产生了重大而积极的影响，但《法兰克福宪法》的日文译本至今仍未以合集的形式完成。因此，我对《法兰克福宪法》全文进行了日文翻译，作为本研究的基本材料。在翻译工作的基础上，我计划发表一篇关于包括法兰克福宪法在内的德国宪法历史发展的论文。此外，还将出版关于现代德国宪法的材料集。目前，我正在写一篇关于美国宪法对德国宪法的影响的论文，使用的是为这项研究而获得的材料。我希望在今年内公布这项研究的结果。

The focus of this research is on the influence of the Constitution of the United States upon the German constitutions,on which few detailed studies have been done in the past. This research aims,in particular,at examining the historical significance of the so-called Frankfurt Constitution of 1849. As a part of this research,I published the Japanese translation of the Frankfurt Constitution in September 1992. Although many Japanese translations of the succeeding German constitutions after modern ages on,such as that of 1871,of 1919 and the current one of 1949,have been published, the Japanese translation of the Frankfurt Constitution has not been done so far in collected form,despite the fact that the Frankfurt Constitution had exerted significant and positive influence upon the subsequent German constitutions,especially on that of 1919. Therefore,I have done the Japanese translation of the full text of the Frankfurt Constitution for use as the basic material of this research. On the basis of the work of the translation,I am planning to publish a thesis on the historical development of the German constitutions including the Frankfurt Constitution. Also,a collection of materials on modern German constitutions will be published. Currently,I am writing a thesis on the influence of the Constitution of the United States upon the German constitutions,using materials obtained for this research. I expect to publish the result of this research within this year.