宪政制度与现代政治合法性

宪政制度的核心内容是以宪法及相关法律规约政治权力的获得和具体运作，赋予政治权力程序合法性和运作合法性。契约论的本质在子表达民众的同意，这是宪政制度生成的内在逻辑。民主选举从根本上赋予政治权力程序合法性。有限政府强调宪政制度对政治权力界限的界定以及政治权力对这些界定的遵从，这将赋予政治权力具体运作上的合法性。

Constitution And Legitimacy Of Modern Political Power

The essence of constitution is to limit the achievament and operation of poitical power with constitution and concerninglaws. The logic of constitution is to express public consent with contract, and the political power is gained through election, which giveit processing-legitimacy. Limited government will attribute the limitation of poitical power to constitution and its conformace to it,which give it operational legitimacy.