宪政、权力制约与社会秩序--法治视角下孙志刚事件的深层思考

保障公民权利,需要公共权力,但公共权力又构成对公民权利的威胁。孙志刚悲剧的发生在很大程度上是权力滥用的结果。权力制约最根本的制度保障是宪政。宪政是法治的政治前提,又构成法治的最基本内容。制定了宪法,不一定就有宪政。宪政需要靠一系列可实际操作的具体制度作保障。就宪政领域而言,程序正义的重要性绝不亚于实体正义,或许具有比实体正义更重要的价值。因为宪政在很大程度上就是国家权力如何产生以及如何运行的程序问题。有效地制约权力,不会危及社会秩序。相反,只有对权力实现有效制约的法治社会,才能形成良好而合理的社会秩序,才能长治久安。而通过强化警察权力维持社会秩序不仅会有损秩序的价值,最终还会从根本上动摇社会秩序。

Constitutional administration, power restriction and social order

It needs public power to protect citizens right, while public power may , at the same time, threatens citizens right. Tragedy of Sui Zhi - gang is the result of power abuse to some extent. The basic power restriction is granted by constitution. Existence of constitution does not mean constitutional administration. Effective power restriction will not hurt social order. On the contrary, it will maintain social order and stability. But to keep social order by means of enforcing police power may be harmful to social order.