宪法成长于历史经验***。面对确定的国家结构和国家目的规定,在针对特定政治意愿形成的形式或者作为司法权的作用方面,宪法的裁决始终有其历史根基。它既可能是留有深刻烙印的历史事件(如1848/1849年的大革命),亦可能是某个长期的法律发展(例如法治国的发展),或历史地成长于民众中的一个特定政治和法律的意识。基本法一方面汲取了截至其制定之时有时成问题的德国宪法史之经验,另一方面以其人民主权之决定支持民主、基本权利保障以 Constitution grew up in historical experience ***. In the face of the established rules of state structure and statehood, the constitutional ruling has always had its historical roots in the light of the formation of a particular political will or its role as a judicial power. It may be a deeply imprinted historical event (such as the Great Revolution of 1848/1849) or a long-term legal development (such as the development of the rule of law) or a particular political and Legal awareness. On the one hand, the Basic Law draws on the experience of the history of the German constitution up to the time when it was formulated; on the other hand, it upholds its own people’s sovereignty decision in support of democracy and the guarantee of fundamental rights