Provincial Constitution Thinking Of The Early Republic

In the Chinese constitutional government thought history, the province constitution thought which occurred in 1920s is a unique phenomenon. It is the result of part of the Chinese scholars and literati's understanding and analysis of Chinese historical and current conditions and the West theoretical study. They attempted with the federal system to transfonn China, through Allied-provinces Automatic Movement plan, with the way of self-determination of the province people from bottom to up, in order to finish the warlords' separation and the tyranny rule of warlords and to bring the Republic of China already abnormal bourgeois democracy constitutional government into healthy track. The province constitution thought reflected the scholars and ordinary people's good will to maintain peace, unity and democratic aspirations. This article takes the province constitution made in 1920 ages as the research object and attempts to study the background, content, and impact and evaluation of the province constitution thought.The full text altogether is divided into five parts besides the introduction and the conclusion.Part one: The background of the province constitution thought Chinese have always yearned for the sole system and unification. The reason for the province constitution thought is various. Local forces provided the objective conditions ;The local self-government thought and the federal system thought influence has provided the mental preparation for it; Allied-provinces Automatic Movement in 1920s have provided the political turning point.Part two: The province constitution formation analysis. After outlining various provinces constitution formulation situation, the article has analyzed the people's self-determination thought emphatically which the Zhejiang tricolor constitution formulation procedure and its manifests.Part three: The controversy about the province constitution. The controversy was mainly about the choice of federal structure or confederation, if federalism is suitable for Chinese national conditions and the content of the constitution.Part four : Content analysis of province constitution and the comparative study of the...