The paper, taking the issue of taxation as a cut-in point to understand the relationship between the property right and constitutionalism, doubtsthe legitimacy of the tax through the argument that property right existsprior to the constitutionalism. The current financial crisis st rengths the reliance to the taxes levied f rom the civil society, which projectsthe crisis of the legitimacy of taxation. The way to solve the crisis is to establish a constitutional taxation mode that taxes be decided legally. |