作为英美法系和大陆法系的代表,美国和法国的宪政过程是一部人民主权理论的实践史。两国的人民主权的宪法原则尽管都脱离不了资产阶级的实质,但是在具体的思想来源和权力配置上又各自存在着巨大的差异性,形成了各具特色的“契约限权型”人民主权原则和“公意”型人民主权原则。 As a representative of Anglo-American legal system and civil law system, the constitutional process in the United States and France is a practical history of the theory of popular sovereignty. Although the constitutional principle of people’s sovereignty in both countries can not be separated from the essence of the bourgeoisie, there are still huge differences in the sources of specific ideas and the allocation of powers, forming distinctive “contractual limitation” The principle of people’s sovereignty and the principle of “public opinion” type of people’s sovereignty.