Theoretical Exploration of Constructing China's Autonomous Constitutional Law Knowledge System-On the Lectures on Constitutional Law
The construction of China's autonomous knowledge system of philosophy and social science is not merely a political suggestion,but also an academic subject that Chinese philosophy and social sciences per se cannot ultimately bypass.All disciplines in the humanities and social sciences,which inevitably encounter value judgments,are no exception in this regard,including Chinese constitutional law.Constructing the independ-ent knowledge system of a discipline also aligns with the legal dogmatic spirit.This is the destiny and mission of Chinese constitutional law.However,due to its involvement in value judgments,Chinese constitutional law,by'returning to the motherland',will be in a context that is likely to be influenced by ideology.Mean-while,although constitutional law research cannot generate'knowledge'as natural science does,it still pos-sesses the possibility of making contributions to knowledge by providing interpretations and conclusions that offer certainty and rationality.Till today,numerous constitutional scholars have endeavored to explore the construction of China's autonomous constitutional law knowledge system.The continuously revised work Lec-tures on Constitutional Law has informed four aspects:methodology,system,content,and terminology,which in fact reflects the author's fundamental propositions regarding how to construct China's autonomous constitu-tional law knowledge system.