在宪政道德与法律责任之间——论政府信用立法的可行性

Between Constitutional Morality and Legal Liability

政府诚信是一个具有浓厚道德色彩的概念,而政府信用则侧重于客观的行为表现,对二者进行明确的界分是探讨政府诚信保障途径的基本前提。道德自律是保障政府诚信的必要途径,但是对政府信用进行立法规范却是一条更为可靠的途径。从政府道德自律的不可靠、现实中政府诚信面临的严峻考验和借鉴国外的法治实践几个方面,可以看出政府信用立法的必要性。目前一些地方在政府信用立法过程中遇到的难点问题的解决思路,则成为政府信用立法可行性的实证依据。

The basic premise for the discussion about good-credit-ensuring of the government is a sharp distinction between government good credit,a concept with strong moral colour,and government credit with stress on objective performance.Self-discipline in morality is necessary in the good-credit-ensuring,but legislative normalization of government credit is more reliable.The necessity of government credit legislation is revealed in the unreliability of self-discipline,serious tests facing government credit in real life and lessons of foreign practice in rule of law.