权力的特性及其要义

The Particularity and Gist of Power

权力是一种社会关系。某个主体能够运用其拥有的资源,对他人发生强制性的影响力、控制力,促使或强迫对方按权力者的意志和价值标准作为或不作为,此即权力。法的本质内容主要是自由、权利与权力这三个基本元素构成的,其中权力是法自由和法权利的支柱。权力这个范畴在法学上受到重视,始于近代权力分立理论的启蒙和现代公法的发展,特别是政府职能的扩大,行政权力的无所不在。没有无权力的法。也不容许非法的权力。

Power is a kind of social relations. One, in possession of power, could exert compulsory influence or command on the others and impel or force them to do something or nothing in accordance with his will and value standard. Moreover, power is the pillar of the other two essential factors of law, namely, the freedom of law and the right of law. Historically, much attention paid to power begins with the enlightenment of the theory of separation of power, the development of contemporary public law theory, and especially the expansion of government function resulting in the ubiquity of administrative power. Therefore, there is no law without power, and the unlawful power should not be permitted.