Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative and Theoretical Study

宪法解释：比较与理论研究

• 批准号: DP0345100
• 负责人: Prof Jeffrey Goldsworthy
• 金额: $ 6.02万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0345100
• 关键词: Interpreting; Constitutions; Comparative; Theoretical; Study

Constitutional provisions that are ambiguous, vague, or insufficiently explicit must often be interpreted by judges. Should the judges be guided by contemporary values, rather than the original intentions of the founders? That is problematic, because interpretation is then difficult to distinguish from change. Constitutions usually require that they be changed only by some special, democratic procedure. Australian scholars have only begun to consider such issues, which have been debated in America for decades. This project will involve a comparison of the methodologies of constitutional interpretation in five different countries, and a theoretical inquiry into the underlying normative and linguistic principles.

模棱两可、模糊不清或不够明确的宪法条款往往必须由法官来解释。法官是否应该以当代价值观而不是创始人的初衷为指导？这是有问题的，因为解释很难与变化区分开来。宪法通常要求只有通过某种特殊的民主程序才能对其进行修改。澳大利亚学者才刚刚开始考虑这些问题，这些问题在美国已经争论了几十年。该项目将涉及比较五个不同国家的宪法解释方法，并对基本的规范和语言原则进行理论探讨。