本課程乃是政治研究所博士班與碩士班的必修課程。其內容主要在探討憲政主義(Constitutionalism)與民主政治(Democracy)之間的競合關係。蓋民主政治主張多數統治，以維護多數意志，而憲政主義則強調限制多數，以保障少數權利，兩者在本質上是相互衝突的。因此，如何在民主政治多數統治的基礎上來保障少數，即成為憲政民主（Constitutional Democracy）的主要爭議。本課程旨在說明這些爭議的所在，並介紹憲政民主的不同形態，以期學生具備相關的政治專業知識，決策分析與學術研究的能力。

This course is a compulsory course for the PhD and Masters classes in the Institute of Politics. Its content mainly explores the competitive relationship between Constitutionalism and Democracy. Democratic politics advocates the majority rule to maintain the majority will, while political theories emphasize limiting the majority to protect the minority rights. The two are essentially conflicting. Therefore, how to ensure a small number based on the majority of democratic politics becomes the main dispute of Constitutional Democracy. This course aims to illustrate the lies of these disputes and introduce different forms of political democracy, so as to hope that students can have relevant political expertise and ability to decide analysis and academic research.

(1) Cheibub, Jose Antonio. 2007. Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press.
(2) Elgie, Robert. ed. 2007. Semi-Presidentialism outside Europe. New York: Routledge.
(3) Elgie, Robert. ed. 2001. Divided Government in Comparative Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
(4) Lijphart, Arend. 1999. Patterns of Democracy: Government forms and Performance in Thirty-six Countries. New Haven: Yale University Press.
(5) Muller, Wolfgang C. and Kaare Strom. eds. 2003. Coalition Governments in Western Europe. New York: Oxford University Press.
(6) Strom Kaare., Wolfgang C. Muller. And Torbjorn Bergman. 2008. Cabinet and Coalition Bargaining: The Democratic Life Cycle in Western Europe. New York: Oxford University Press.
(7) 盛杏湲 （2003），＜立法機關與行政機關在立法過程中的影響力：一致政府與分立政府的比較＞，（台灣政治學刊）第七卷第二期，頁51-105。

(1) Cheibub, Jose Antonio. 2007. Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press.
(2) Elgie, Robert. ed. 2007. Semi-Presidentialism outside Europe. New York: Routledge.
(3) Elgie, Robert. ed. 2001. Divided Government in Comparative Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
(4) Lijphart, Arend. 1999. Patterns of Democracy: Government forms and Performance in Thirty-six Countries. New Haven: Yale University Press.
(5) Muller, Wolfgang C. and Kaare Strom. eds. 2003. Coalition Governments in Western Europe. New York: Oxford University Press.
(6) Strom Kaare., Wolfgang C. Muller. And Torbjorn Bergman. 2008. Cabinet and Coalition Bargaining: The Democratic Life Cycle in Western Europe. New York: Oxford University Press.
(7) Sheng Xingshang (2003), , (Taiwan Politics Journal) Volume 7 Issue 2, Pages 51-105.