Nagao Ariga also spelled Nagao Aruga (有賀 長雄, 13 November 1860 – 17 June 1921) was a Japanese legal expert during the Meiji period. In addition to law, he also studied sociology at Tokyo Imperial University.[1] During the Sino-Japanese war, he advised Field-Marshall Ōyama Iwao on issues of international law.[2] In 1913 he accepted the invitation by Yuan Shikai, to prepare a draft constitution for the new Chinese republic, together with Ushikichi Nakae [ja] (中江 丑吉). Ariga doubted that China was ready to implement a liberal democracy and recommended a balance between monarchy and republic.[3]

Nagao Ariga
有賀長雄
Judge
Personal details
Born(1860-11-13)13 November 1860
Died17 June 1921(1921-06-17) (aged 60)

Works (partial list)

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  • La Chine Et La Grande Guerre Europeenne Au Point de Vue Du Droit International D'Apres Les Documents Officiels Du Gouvernement Chinois
  • La guerre sino-japonaise au point de vue du droit international
  • La Guerre Russo-Japoinaise 1904-1905

References

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  1. ^ Shigeto Sonoda, "Development of Empirical Sociology and China Studies in Japan"
  2. ^ Villiers, Frederic (1895). "The Truth About Port Arthur". The North American Review. 160. University of Chicago: 327.
  3. ^ Fogel, Joshua A. (1989). Nakae Ushikichi in China : the mourning of spirit. Cambridge, Mass.: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-674-59842-3. OCLC 19518308.