论西方国家公民对政府的监督与制约

主权在民是西方国家宪法的一项重要原则,其实质是公民对政治过程的参与和监督,由此构成了西方民主制度的实质与核心。从静态的结构来讲,公民监督权是体现主权在民的一系列制度;从动态的过程来看,公民监督是一系列的政治参与活动。公民监督构成了西方国家监督体系的基础,是监督体系有效运转的动力源泉,在国家政治生活中发挥着不可替代的重要作用。

On Citizen's Supervision and Constraint on the Government in Contemporary Western Countries

As an important constitutional principle in western countries,that sovereignty belongs to people,meaning citizen's supervision and participation in political activities,constitutes the essence and core of western democracy.Citizen's supervision right represents a series of systems in which sovereignty belongs to people in terms of a static structure while it a series of political participations in terms of a dynamic process.Citizen's supervision is a foundation of supervision system in western countries and...