France has long been characterized by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy, which placed the law – the expression of the General Will – at the absolute top of the hierarchy of judicial norms. As a result, a veritable allergy to assessing the constitutionality of any law has long held sway.
这是一项影响深远的创举。法国很久以来以让·雅克·卢梭的哲学体系为特色，一直把公意的代表，也就是法律尊奉为最高等级的司法规范。因此，对评估法律合宪与否的敏感性一直主导着法国人的思维。