There are strong opposing views presented by some scholars specialized in constitutional laws, however, in which they assert that awarding of honors should rather be enacted by a law and therefore the current situation is against the Constitution. もっとも、憲法学者の間では、栄典の授与は日本国憲法の下では法律事項であるとして、違憲ではないかとする見解も有力である。 |