论法治的民意之维

在中国传统政治思想中民意一直是统治者十分重视的问题。在西方“被统治者同意”法治理念的影响下，民意在中国法治国家的建设过程中得到了新的理念和表达形式。民意之“意”的形成过程、方式、“民”在表达“意”时其自身的主观状态以及其所持有的价值判断标准关系到其是否有自我指涉的能力并付诸实践从而使得民意总是正确的。民意之“民”一定要有理性且能充分地占有事件相关的材料。民意在当下中国自然处于一种相对道德优势的地位，在建设法治国的背景下，这样一个事实需要通过建制性途径获得合法性。相应的建制化表达途径的缺乏，导致了公民与市民社会的诉求只能通过非建制性的途径来得到实现。

Dimension of Public Will on Rule-by-Law

In traditional Chinese political thought,rulers have paid much attention to public opinion.Under the influence of legal system philosophy of "agreed of the governed" in the west society,the public opinion has achieved a new concept and form of expression during the construction of Chinese becoming a country under the rule of law.For formation process and mode of public opinion,the subjective state of people as well as its criteria for judging the value is related to whether or not people have ability of sel...