Drawing on practice and convention from America and abroad, this Article documents the surprisingly robust role that past constitutions play in the interpretation of extant constitutions, and assesses what this pervasive practice tells us about theories of constitutional meaning, processes of constitutional drafting, and exercises of popular sovereignty.

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宪政主义

借鉴美国和国外的实践和惯例，本文记录了过去的宪法在解释现存宪法方面所发挥的惊人的强大作用，并评估了这种普遍的实践告诉我们关于宪法意义的理论、宪法起草过程和宪法实践的内容。人民主权。