国家采用形式上的宪法几乎已成为普遍的实践。然而,对于这种实践在全球层面的演变,实证性认知却不多。宪法是对国家理想和认同独特的决定性阐述吗?或者它们是以可预见的固定方式,只在不重要的地方有所变动的标准化文件吗?宪法相互之间是变得越来越相似还是相异,或者它们的发展是否存在可辨别的整体样态?直到最近,关于全世界宪法的内容,学者们大都缺乏——甚至是最基 It is almost universal practice for the state to adopt a formal constitution. However, there is not much empirical evidence for the evolution of this practice at the global level. Is the constitution decisive for the unique ideals and identities of nations or are they standardized documents that change only in unimportant places in a predictable and fixed manner, are the constitutions becoming more or less similar to one another Is there any discernable pattern of identity, or of their development? Until recently, most of the world’s constitutional issues were lacking - even the most radical