近代中国宪法宪政精神缺失的原因

宪政是政治学和法学发展史上的一个重要概念,从逻辑上看,宪政以宪法为基础,只有当宪法所体现的价值取向与宪政的精神要义,即限制国家权力,保障公民权利相一致时,宪政的实现才成为可能.然而近代中国宪法与宪政的精神要义总体背离,基本成了确认军阀独裁合法化的工具.反思近代中国宪法缺失宪政精神要义的表现和原因对于当前健全社会主义民主和实现宪政理想有着重要意义.

A Causal Study on the Lack of Constitutionalism in Modern Chinese Constitutions

Constitutionalism is an important concept in the developmental history of politics and jurisprudence.Logically,it is based on a constitution.Its realization is possible only when the value orientation of the constitution is in accordance with the spirit of constitutionalism,that is,limiting state power and guaranteeing citizen's rights.However,there was a general deviation of Chinese constitutions from the spirit of constitutionalism before 1949,and they had become tools to save the nation from doom and ensure its survival and to legalize warlords' dictatorship.It is significant for improving our socialist democracy and fulfilling the ideal of constitutionalism to reflect the causality of the lack of constitutionalism in modern Chinese constitutions.