依宪治国、依宪执政:全面推进依法治国的基石

Constitution-Based Governance and Constitution-Based Administration:the Foundation Stones of Comprehensively Implementing Law-Based Governance

宪法是一国法律体系的核心和治国安邦的总章程,依宪治国、依宪执政可以说是全面推进依法治国的基石。宪法在法治国家建设中的这一功能,除了基于宪法是国家的根本大法这一地位之外,也是宪法本身所具有的属性和全面推进依法治国的目标追求与路径决定的,即宪法确立了全面推进依法治国的政治基础和方向,宪法凝聚了全社会的共识,宪法是公民权利的保障书,宪法设计了国家权力运行的机制和轨道,宪法为全面深化改革提供了根本法的依据,实施宪法是政治体制改革路径的切入点,全面推进依法治国的总目标及其举措是宪法法治原则的实施方案。

The Constitution is the core of a country's legal system and general rules of state security,and constitution-based governance and constitution-based administration are the foundation stones of comprehensively implementing law-based governance.The function of the Constitution in the construction of countries ruled by law is not only the nature of the Constitution itself,but also determined by the aim and approaches of comprehensively implementing lawbased governance.The Constitution establishes the foundation and orientation of comprehensively implementing lawbased governance,the Constitution is the guarantee of civil rights,the Constitution designs the mechanism and orientation of state power operation and the Constitution provides the basis of the fundamental law for comprehensively implementing law-based governance.Furthermore,the Constitution is the breakthrough point of political system reform,and the aim and measures of comprehensively implementing law-based governance is the implementation measures of constitutebased law.