The Irony in the Lineage of Modern Chinese Constitutions and Constitutionalism

Q2 Social Sciences

Global Journal of Comparative Law Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI:10.1163/2211906x-12030001

David K.C. Huang, Nigel N.T. Li

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Abstract

Abstract This article juxtaposes modern Chinese constitutions and constitutionalism with constitutionalism chiefly developed in the West for clarity on the former’s lineage. As constitution is a concept foreign to China, there is no need for the country to enact any constitution unless it genuinely intends to embrace the true spirit of constitutionalism. A comparison of three signal Chinese constitutions yields an ironic, counterintuitive result, for the Constitution of the Republic of China is a refutation of the Nationalist Basic Law of the Political Tutelage Period (enacted in 1931), whereas the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, though enacted by the Communists, bears the legacy of the Nationalist Basic Law of the Political Tutelage.

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中国近代宪法与宪政谱系中的反讽

摘要本文将近代中国宪法和宪政与主要在西方发展的宪政并置，以厘清近代中国宪法和宪政的渊源。由于宪法对中国来说是一个陌生的概念，所以中国没有必要制定任何宪法，除非它真正打算拥抱真正的宪政精神。对中国三部标志性宪法的比较产生了一个讽刺的、违反直觉的结果，因为中华民国宪法是对1931年制定的《国民政治监护基本法》的反驳，而中华人民共和国宪法虽然是由共产党制定的，却继承了《国民政治监护基本法》的遗产。

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