On Constitutionalism and Political Civilization

Author: Chen Yonghong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Constitutionalism is a significant achievement in the development of political civilization and represents its advanced form. Modern democratic politics inevitably manifests as party politics, and the legalization of parties is a prerequisite for constitutionalism, evolving into an important marker of modern political civilization. As the core of constitutional theory, popular sovereignty embodies the essence of political consciousness civilization and also serves as the cornerstone of political behavior civilization and political institutional civilization. Rule of law and constitutionalism provide theoretical and institutional support for the advancement of political civilization to a higher stage from their respective perspectives.