传统与现代:西方宪政运动生成的历史机理

Tradition and Modernity:The Historical Mechanism of the Making of Western Constitutionalism Movement

近现代宪政运动是近代资产阶级革命的产物,但它是自古希腊以来西方政治法律文明发展的必然产物,是西方古代宪政文化要素在近现代的高度整合的结晶,是西方宪政文明发展的近现代形态。因此,要全面把握近现代宪政的内在本质、生成机制,必须深入探讨近现代西方宪政运动生成和发展的深刻的历史文化机理,从而为我国当代社会主义法治国家和宪政国家建设提供有益的历史文化启迪。

The modem constitutionalism movement is the achievement of modem capitalist revolution, the result of the development of western political and legal culture since ancient Greece, the outcome of the integration of western ancient constitutional cultural ingredient in modem times, and the modem modality of western constitutionalism culture. Therefore, it is significant to study the historical and cultural mechanism of the making and development of modem western constitutionalism movement so as to understand the inner character and making mechanism of modem constitutionalism, and thereby to provide helpful enlightenment for the construction of constitutionalism in China.