有用的宪法与有限的宪法——奥巴马的宪法观研究

美国现任总统奥巴马曾有长达十年以上芝加哥大学法学院宪法教师的经历，研究其宪法观有多方面的意义。奥巴马对宪法的讨论集中在他的大作《无畏的希望》第三章“我们的宪法”中，其核心观点是：宪法既是有用的，也是有限的。奥巴马的宪法观启示我们不要疏远宪法、不要迷信宪法、不要苛求宪法。

Practical Constitution and Limited Constitution——On Obama's Views of Constitution

Barack Huseein Obama, the present president of America, was a constitutional teacher in University of Chicago Law School for more than ten years. Because of that, it has many aspects of significance to study about his views of constitution. Obama＇s discussion about constitution is centralized in the third chapter ＂Our Constitution＂ of his work The Audacity of Hope, which re- flects his key idea of constitution--constitution is not only practical but also limited. Obama＇s views of constitution inspire us that do not to keep away from constitution, do not blindly believe in consti- tution, and do not demand too much on constitution.