新罗马理论对美国宪法共和主义的解读:贡献与缺陷

理解罗马古典共和主义的内涵是把握美国宪法共和主义的基础。新罗马理论和美国宪法共和主义都与罗马古典共和主义有着关键性的内在关联。作为一种理论分析工具,新罗马理论是解读美国宪法共和主义内涵的重要路径,有助于理解美国宪法共和主义的起源与内涵,但同时,由于新罗马理论对罗马共和文本解释的简约化处理和工具化的态度,从而导致对美国宪法共和主义一定程度的曲解。

Interpretation of American Constitution Republicanism Based on Neo-Roman Theory: Contribution and Limitation

The understanding of Roman classical republicanism is the key way to master American constitutional republicanism.The Neo-Roman theory and American constitutional republicanism are both crucially connected with Roman classical republicanism.As an analysis tool,the Neo-Roman theory is helpful to understand the content of American constitutional republicanism-its origin and its connotation.Meanwhile,it will lead to certain distortion of American constitution republicanism,because the Neo-Roman theory interprets Roman republicanism with contracted and instrumental attitude.