The Constitutional Concept Of The Northern Warlords Government Study

Modern China was claimed to be cosmopolitan constitution exposition and constitution proving ground. And modern constitution as an instrument which obligatorily takes the responsibility of consolidating imperial power, mitigating foreign aggression and stopping civil strife. After the constitutionalism during Late Qing Dynasty and the Early Republic of China, under the influence of political, economic, ideological and culture, transplanting large amount of foreign constitution became an irresistible trend at Bei Yang period, especially Germany and Japan constitution. But at that time, constitution implantation and vicissitude displayed the character of unacclimation and local aberrance. Regardless the official, political parties, society system, the roused reformers, even the common people who tried to conceive some conception of constitution construction, and put them into practice to a certain extent. For instance, the government promulgates a train of nominal constitutions. Such as, the Republic of China Draft Constitution, the Republic of China Provisional Constitution, the Republic of China Constitution and the Republic of China Constitution Case. The unfavorable destiny of Chinese Social Parties, like Anarchism Party, Kuomingtang and Party branches of new China who explored the pattern of constitutionalism. The overwhelming autonomous organization like Xin Min Institute, Fashion Agency, youngster academy of China who advanced the society reformation. Innovational newspapers and magazines, like New Youth, Weekly comment, New Fashion and so on, which spreaded the new thought of Marxism. Some forerunners, like Sun yat-sen, Carsun Chang, Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu as well as common people began to pursuit the modern constitutionalism. These salvation for countries and nationalities are slowly filtering into people's minds. Although constitution were the cosmetics of contesting regime and the production of autocratic reign of warlord during this period, and frustrations, setbacks, even ludicrous farce were accompanied of drawing up and performing the constitution. It also had deserved affirmation, at least those experience need to be carefully studied. All of these supply references to the construction of constitutionalism at the present time.