Constitutionalism and Functionalism in International Law

在三年多的时间里，我们通过负责研究人员的研究会议和咨询，开创了这一具有挑战性的领域。特别是关于宪政的研究，我们认为，我们小组的研究点燃了日本学术界对宪政的兴趣。因此，我们相信，我们在这里引入了尖端理论，并为在全球层面从事研究奠定了基础。我们还在宪政和功能主义相结合的方法论上开辟了一条创新的道路

For three plus additional one years, we have pioneered this challenging field with research meetings of and consultations among the researchers in charge. As regards the study in constitutionalism in particular, we believe that our group's research ignited the academic interest in it in Japan. Thus we believe that we have introduced a cutting-edge theory here, and lay the foundation to engage in research at the global level. We have also paved an innovative way as regards the methodology of combining constitutionalism and functionalism