The ‘rule of law’ is one of the most important ideas in contemporary constitutional and political discourse. Yet it can be understood in more or less ‘anatomical’ versus ‘teleological’ ways. Martin Krygier has helped us better understand this distinction, and showed how a teleological approach can help guard against the misuse of the rule of law as an ideal. In this short essay, I further show how the kind of teleological approach developed by Krygier can help guard against a related, but distinct danger—i.e. the danger of ‘abusive constitutionalism’, or the abusive application of rule of law ideas.

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法治目的论：反对滥用和滥用法治修辞

“法治”是当代宪法和政治话语中最重要的思想之一。然而，可以或多或少地从“解剖学”与“电信学”的方式来理解它。马丁·克莱吉尔（Martin Krygier）帮助我们更好地理解了这种区别，并展示了目的论方法如何有助于防止滥用法治作为理想。在这篇简短的文章中，我进一步展示了由Krygier开发的一种目的论方法如何能够帮助防范相关但截然不同的危险，即“滥用立宪主义”的危险或法治观念的滥用。