中国： 向民主、稳定的宪法秩序过渡

创建民主、稳定的宪法秩序是中国人民奋斗了百年而未竟的事业。本文第一部分从重建政治合法性、依法治国和追求理想的社会组织方式与生活方式等方面，说明了近代以来中国人之所以不懈追求宪法秩序的原因。第二部分用一般与特殊相结合的理论构架，讨论了中国为什么经过百年努力仍未实现宪政的原因。第三部分主要从认识上探讨了民主与宪法秩序，宪法、宪政和宪法秩序，富强、市场经济与宪法秩序，以及有中国特色的宪政道路等四个问题，就中国在21世纪如何进一步向民主、稳定的宪法秩序过渡，阐述了一些宏观思路。

China: Transition to a Democratic and Stable Constitutional Order

The main purpose of this paper is to sum up the lessons pertaining to the constitutional order in China drawn from the experience in the past century. There are three parts in this paper. The significance of establishing a democratic and stable constitutional order is discussed in the first part. The second part deals with the reasons why the constitutionsl order has not been realized so far. And the last part is devoted to some suggestions on the ways by which China can reach the goal in the new century.