浅谈宪政的核心价值

The Core Value of Constitutional Government

自由和民主是宪政最核心、最基本的价值追求。自由是宪政的终极价值追求。尊重和捍卫人权和人的自由,是全人类共同的最高价值,也是宪政最基本的内涵。宪政本身即承载着民主的理想,民主是宪政的前提,宪政是民主存在的最基本方式。在这两种宪政价值中,自由应具有高于民主的价值。民主只是宪政的基本形式价值之一,自由才是宪政的实质性价值。

Freedom and democracy is the core value of constitutional government. Respecting and guarding the human rights and freedom is the highest value of the human being , is also the most basic connotation of constitutional government. Democracy is the premise of constitutional government. Constitutional government is the most essential way of democracy. In these two kinds of constitutional governments value, freedom value is higher than democracy value. Democracy is only one fundamental mode value of constitutional government, freedom is the substantive value of constitutional government.