民国前期的立宪主义及其实践

北洋集团掌握中央政权的民国前期,政局比较混乱,社会思想也比较复杂,但立宪主义思潮意外呈现出活跃态势,开国会、制宪法成为一些当权者以及广大宪政主义者的重要诉求,在此背景下开展的一系列制宪活动,也取得了值得称道的宪法性成果和制度性成果。时人对宪政的内在价值了解有限,当权者的政治表现也不完美,但这不能抵消立宪的积极意义。民国前期的立宪主义及其实践,构成了近代中国政治进程的重要一环,书写了中国宪政运动史的重要一页。

Constitutionalism and Its Practice in the Early Republic of China

In the early Republic of China when Beiyang Group grasped the central government, the constitutionalism thought was realatively active,in spite of the chaos in political situation and complex social thought. Convening parliament and formulating a constitution became an important appeal for some authority figures and intellectuals,a series of constitutional ac-tivities also made some achievements and result of the systematic constitution. Even the public’ s understanding of the intrinsic value of the constitutionalism was limited,and the political performance of those in power was not perfect,the constitutionalism still had a positive meaning. The constitutionalism and its practice in early Republic of China was an important part of the polit-ical process in modern China,and an important page in the history of constitutional movement in China.