Asian Constitutions in Comparative Perspectives

比較觀點下的東亞憲政主義

過去二十年來,憲政主義已席捲世界各國,亞洲多數國家也建立起維護人權以及制衡權力的憲政體制。縱使繼受憲法的現象普遍可見,但值得思考的是,憲政價值是否也隨著憲法文本的滙流而交會?抑或是文本的運作並不影響也無關於憲政價值的分歧?為此,國立台灣大學法律學院很榮幸地邀請到澳洲墨爾本大學的雪爾桑德斯教授,與我們一齊探討這個重要的議題。本次圓桌論壇的討論不僅在研究範圍上擴大了憲政價值、而不僅限於憲法文本與學理,同時在研究空間上亦兼及亞洲版圖,本期刋期待此次的圓桌討論可以為比較憲法的研究注入新的活水。

Constitutionalism has swept the world in the last two decades, and most countries in Asia have established constitutional governance that guarantees rights of their citizens and checks power exercise of their governments. Despite this widespread reception of constitutions, however, it remains intriguing to ask whether values underlying these constitutions are also becoming convergent or they nevertheless remain divergent and even independent of constitutional functions. The College of Law, National Taiwan University is particularly honored to invite Professor Cheryl Saunders from Melbourne Law School, Australia to discuss with us on this very important topic. It is hoped that this roundtable discussion would shed a new light on the discourse of comparative constitutional studies by extending its research scope to values underlying constitutional texts and jurisprudence as well as to the geographic region of Asia.