解かい釈しゃく改かい憲けん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

de facto constitutional amendment through reinterpretation; reinterpretation of the constitution to effect change

A political term referring to changing the practical effect of a constitution without formal amendment, by reinterpreting its provisions. Often used in Japanese constitutional debate.

• 政せい府ふは解かい釈しゃく改かい憲けんによって集しゅう団だん的てき自じ衛えい権けんの行こう使しを可か能のうにした。

  The government enabled the exercise of collective self-defense through constitutional reinterpretation.

• 解かい釈しゃく改かい憲けんは、憲けん法ぽう改かい正せいの手て続つづきを経へずに実じっ質しつ的てきな変へん更こうをもたらす手しゅ法ほうだ。

  Constitutional reinterpretation is a method that brings about substantive change without going through the formal amendment process.