布坎南宪政规则理论研究

立宪民主是宪法性规则约束下的一种有限民主,立宪规则理论是布坎南宪政民主理论的核心内容.布坎南相信一套政治和经济活动的宪法性规则可以有效约束政府行为.但是由于布坎南的规则理论太过理想化而招致很多批评,使得布坎南不得不对其规则理论进行不断修正,其规则理论经过了一致同意规则、超多数裁定规则、普遍性原则等几种形式流变.通过对布坎南的规则内容及规则形式流变的研究,有利于我们进一步看清布坎南规则理论的困境和乌托邦色彩,有助于我们深入地把握其立宪民主理论的内容实质.

On the Constitutional Rules of Buchanan

Constitutional democracy is a kind of limited democracy under constitutional rules.The rules theory is the core contents in his constitutional democracy theory.Buchanan deems that a set of constitutional rules of political and economical action can constrain government action effectively.Buchanan's rules theory is so Utopian as to invite much animadversion.Buchanan has to continuously revise his rules theory afterward.His rules theory has experienced unanimity rules,supramajority rules and generality principle etc.Through the research of the contents and evolution of rules we can find out their limitation and Utopia color and help us to grasp his constitutional democracy theory entirely and deeply.