如果说英国是一个共和国,那一定会令人惊讶,毕竟作为宪法学意义上的“共和制”乃是指“国家元首是透过选举产生,而且有一定任期”;~([1])而英国总是被作为君主立宪制的典型代表。于是,格拉斯哥大学教授亚当·汤姆金斯的著作《我们的共和宪法(Our Republican Constitution)》~([2])仅标题就够引人注目了。值得一提的是,汤姆金斯除了公法学教授的身份外,他还有一个身份是英国政 If Britain is a republic, it must have been surprising. After all, constitutional republicanism means “the head of state is elected and has a certain term of office.” ]) Britain is always a typical representative of the constitutional monarchy. Thus, the title of Adam Thomkins, a professor at the University of Glasgow, “Our Republican Constitution,” ~ ([2]) captures only the headlines. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to Tomkins as a professor of public law, he also has a status of British government