On American Impeachment System

Impeachment system is one of the important parts of western constitutionalism. The history of impeachment system is more than 2500 years and its goes through in three phrases.Impeachment system was germinated in ancient Greece and Rome. Impeachment system came into being and maturated in Britain.Impeachment system popularized in USA.American Impeachment system is based on Britain's impeachment system and reformated it.American Impeachment system plays an import role in USA. The basic function of impeachment system is the compensatory function of remedies,the oriental function of supervise and the corroborative function of balance. Theoretical base can be recapitulated as the theory of people's sovereignty,the theory of powers separation and the theory of due process.American Impeachment system contains three elements:the administrative factor,the legislative factor and the judicial factor.To expound the theoretical base of impeachment system is helpful for us to understand its nature,to construct it scientifically and to offer some worthy insights for developing and improving Chinese remove system.However,the attempt to impeach President reflected complex conflicts of power and right in American political, governmental,and social system.The Constitution is ambiguous about impeachment, The Law of Independent Prosecutor caused serious political damages and the supremacy of law and the value of individual rights were difficult to balance.Partisan struggles influenced judiciary processes and so on.The legal case such as impeachment Bill Clinton in 1998 not only revealed many problems in American governmental system but also inspired broader thinking pertaining to national politics.The whole thesis consists of three parts: Part one is the development history of impeachment system and what is the concept of impeachment system.At the same timeâ… pointed out that American impeachment system stemmed from Britain.Part two is American impeachment system.This part expounds the theoretical basis of American impeachment system and introduces the historical background of American impeachment system.Moreover,in this partâ… try to seek out what elements are composed of impeachment system and how it can be good operation.Part three is valued American impeachment system.Under this sectionâ… will strive to seek out the merits and shortcomings of American impeachment system.American impeachment system has highly valuable such as the compensatory function of remedies,the oriental function of supervise and the corroborative function of balance.There is no denying that American impeachment system has defects itself. Study this defects can improve Chinese remove system.