宪法意识是社会意识的一种具体表现形式,是公民关于宪法的知识、观点、心理和思想的总和。它包括人们对于宪法知识和基本原理的掌握程度、对宪法功能的认识、对宪法实施的评价、对于基本权利保护和行使状况的感受等等。公民的宪法意识是推动宪法实施和国家民主法制进程的重要力量,是衡量国家法制成就的重要标准,也是宪法学研究的重要课题。宪法知识是公民意识的基本组成部分,是公民理解宪法原理,对宪法进行分析、判断、评价的前提与基础。一个公民仅有宪法知识,还不能说是有了宪法意识,还必须在宪法知识的基础上进一步升华为宪法理念。所谓宪法理念, Constitutional awareness is a concrete manifestation of social consciousness and a summation of citizens’ knowledge, views, psychology and thoughts about the constitution. It includes people’s mastery of constitutional knowledge and basic principles, understanding of constitutional functions, evaluation of the implementation of the Constitution, feelings about the protection and exercise of basic rights, and so on. Citizens’ constitutional awareness is an important force in promoting the implementation of the Constitution and the process of national democracy and legal system, as well as an important standard for measuring the achievements of the country’s legal system. It is also an important issue for the study of constitutional law. Constitutional knowledge is an essential part of civic awareness and a premise and foundation for citizens to understand the principles of the Constitution and analyze, judge and evaluate the constitution. Only a citizen of constitutional knowledge, can not be said that there is a constitutional awareness, but also must be based on the constitutional knowledge to further sublimation of constitutional philosophy. The so-called constitutional philosophy,