Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the principle of the liberalistic approach in law-related education, based on analysis of a constitutional studies project in the United States: The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide. The following three principles were identified. Constitutional studies should help students to: (1) Discriminate between law and morals by knowing the historical background of each article in the Bill of Rights; (2) Understand and discuss the dynamic history and development of the Bill of Rights from an internal point of view; (3) Discuss actual Supreme Court cases and draw conclusions based on such discussion from an external point of view. This paper suggests the importance of the principles mentioned above when considering constitutional studies in Japanese social studies education.
