Abstract
Constitutionality review does not have a very long tradition in Far Eastern countries. For the first time, in was introduced in Japan with the Constitution of 1947 written by American experts.
Since then, the Supreme Court of Japan has established constitutionality review as a current practice. In South Korea, the Constitutional Court was created for the same purpose in 1988 according to the German model.
In the People's Republic of China, constitutionality review is not performed by courts but by the Standing Committee of National People's Assembly. In the Republic of China (Taiwan) Council of Grand Justices was created in 1948 for this purpose.
The political question doctrine has had several manifestations in activities of the above-mentioned courts and institutions.