《湖南省宪法》述评——以地方宪政主义为视角

《湖南省宪法》是近代中国联邦主义运动的产物,它的产生反映了地方宪政主义希望转变中国政治体制,以联邦体制替代中央集权体制的思想。它制订的程序和结构完全符合宪法基本原理,彰显了对民权的特别保护,划分省之事权也是地方分权的实际要求。但直接民主制的运用也从另一方面显示了其内在的深刻矛盾。尽管湖南省宪运动最后以失败告终,但其仍有时代的进步意义。

Research on Constitution of Hunan Province——From the Angle of Local Constitutionalism

Hunan provincial constitution,the product of modern China federalism movement,reflected the thinking of local constitutionalismists who wished to transfer China politic system from centralization of state power to federation.The formulation proceeding and structure of Hunan provincial constitution accorded with the basic principles of constitution,showing the respect to human rights and the trend of local area division of power.But the direct democracy was stipulated and carried out in Hunan federalism movement,which had contradiction to Hunan constitionalism development.Although Hunan federalism movement was unsuccessful at last,it had profound significance in history.