Western Constitutional Cultural Comparative Study

This text sets out from the concept of the culture, pursuing the layer to go deep into the concept of the constitutional government culture. According to the history that constitutional government culture of china and west is produced , I induce relative characteristics of the constitutional government culture .The constitutional government culture of the west started conceive from the ancient Greece, Rome and then experienced an enlightenment in the Middle Age , finally opened the flower of the constitutional government culture in the epoch of constitutionalism. This formation of the western constitutional government culture develops the process to continue for several thousand years, did not break off always, this is a process of natural growth. The gloom consciousness of the Christianity is the cultural groundwork of the western constitutional government culture, also coming to a decision the cultural mental state and thinking modes of the western constitutional government culture. The contractual principle rooted in the social activities of the west, becoming the logic point of the western constitutional government culture. the concern to person, rising of humanism , is inside pit of the western constitutional government culture. The political tradition of diverse power is realistic foundation that the western constitutional government culture divides the power and forms the mechanism of checks and balances. The source of the rule of law civilization flows far long, is the substantial evidence of the western constitutional government culture marking. Different from the west, the development process of Chinese constitutional government culture is from usher in the constitutional government system of the west , checked and supervised by the constitutional government " rich and strong is body, constitutional government for use" cultural mode always. Huge difference in concept of value, norm system, behavior pattern...etc. of China and modern civilization societies, makes two kinds of cultures produce the collision, fusion continuously in the propulsion process of the Chinese constitutional government. The Chinese traditional culture is in many respects to this political civilization of west to carry on to eliminate the solution heartlessly. Delivering the outside born nature behind is total characteristics of the Chinese constitutional government culture. Chinese native resources to reject of western constitutional government culture and eliminate the solution, result in imperfection or the alienation of the deep structure of the Chinese constitutional government culture. By comparisons of these two kinds of path, we can get a such apocalypse: avoid negative influence of" western center theory"; develop the market economy of our country constantly to grow the material soil of the constitutional government culture; Continue to push forward the rule of law progress to develop the country under the rule of law; Pay attention to the grow of main factor of the constitutional government culture.