财产征收的宪法界限

财产权是一项重要的宪法权利,同时也是其他权利行使的基础。围绕财产权的宪法保障制度,对财产征收的法律基础、立法的内容形成功能与财产征收的界限以及经济规制与财产征收的界限做一学理的分析,具有重要的理论与实践意义。     

宪法演进模式之比较

本文对宪法演进模式进行了评析 ,认为在一般意义上说 ,大陆法系的宪法演进采取的是立宪式的路径 ,英美法系宪法演进所采取的则是释宪与惯例式的路径 ,在此基础上对两种模式之优劣进行了比较分析 ,提出中国宪法演进发展的模式应当尽可能采取释宪演进方式 ,以此提高宪法的权威性、稳定性和连续性 ,从而在全体社会成员之中培养起尊重宪法、信任宪法乃至信仰宪法的传统。     

Sameness and selfhood: The efficiency of constitutional identities in EU law

This article enquires into the formal dimension of constitutional identity by focusing not on what it consists of but on how it is expressed in the different discursive practices developed by constitutional courts. Contrasting constitutional identity as sameness and constitutional identity as selfhood shows that domestic courts can favour either a substantive determination of core constitutional features or a performative approach where the reflexive ability to define oneself prevails. Such a choice conditions the judicial strategies developed in the interactions with the Court of Justice, and their effectiveness. From this perspective, the accommodation in EU law, in light of the respect for Member States' national identity affirmed in Article 4(2) TEU, of these domestic identity claims rooted in the supremacy of the Constitution, depends less on what is asked for than on how it is asked for.     

Eric Williams: The constitutional scholar and the introduction of bicameralism in Trinidad and Tobago

The introduction of bicameralism into the legislative structure of Trinidad and Tobago was considered to be one of the hallmarks of constitutional reform for Trinidad and Tobago as advocated by Eric Williams. Prior to becoming the first Chief Minister and subsequently first Premier of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, Williams embarked on a series of public meetings throughout the colony to gain public acceptance for his ideas on constitutional reform in general and bicameralism in particular. He gained widespread popularity from these public meetings. This gave him leverage to form a political party, the People's National Movement (PNM), which carried him to political power and changed the direction of constitutional reform in the colony, as far as the structure of the legislature was concerned, away from unicameralism to bicameralism. Williams modified his original ideas once in power and was influenced by the structure of the senate of the West Indian Federation that came into being in 1958 as well as the desire to maintain political stability. Williams was only able to achieve his goal because the Colonial Office sided with him against the main opposition party in the colony in 1961. The model of the senate created in 1961 has remained the same structurally since then with only an increase in its size.     

协商精神与宪政建设

在宪政建设及价值目标实现的诸因素中 ,协商机制的建立与完善 ,无疑是其中十分重要的一个方面。立宪的过程本质上就是一个协商的过程。在现代社会中 ,各种政治利益的协调应当是通过协商来实现的。建立协商机制的宪政意义在于 ,通过协商 ,达成宪法共识 ;而协商精神的贯彻和实现 ,则应有一个保障协商进行的完备的程序性制度设计和一个稳定、健康的市民社会 ,以及相应的宪政制度安排等。协商精神与协商机制的建立 ,不仅是现代民主政治的精髓 ,而且是宪法与宪政制度适应社会变化、不断发展完善的前提条件。     

宪政视野里的主体行为范式解读——关于合法与违法概念的辩证及其在宪政话语里的特殊蕴涵

合法性所强调的是行为主体的行为有法律的根据,违法所表达的是主体的行为违背了法律的规定。在宪政体制下,对主体行为的法律评价因主体的性质不同而有区别,对公权主体的行为范式的要求是行为合法,对私权主体的行为范式的要求是行为不违法。