주권자인 국민이 "명시적" 의사표시로써 공동체의 기본질서를 정함으로써 불문 헌법에 의존한 권력자의 자의적 지배의 역사를 종식시키고자 하였던 것이다.
It was intended to put an end to the history of arbitrary rule by the powerful who depended on the unwritten constitution by establishing the basic order of the community by means of an "express" expression of intention by the sovereign people.