摘要
主權和國家認同問題，通常被簡化為統獨問題，是臺灣最重要的政治分歧點。這一問題的由來，和臺灣長期與中國大陸分離的歷史有關，而歷經了臺灣人民反日本殖民、反中國國民黨威權和反中華人民共和國侵略等不同歷史階段的發展，以及國共內戰期間來自中國大陸移民集體歷史記憶和經驗與臺灣本土的磨合。本文主要即從憲法學區別出國民主權和國家認同的不同性質，而主張從思想言論自由的角度看待不同的族群民族主義國家想像，但另則從現代國家的立場，提出臺灣公民民族主義的概念，主張以公民身份建構臺灣的國家認同，並要求國家落實國民主權，以使當下的分裂國家憲政架構能夠為不同族群民族國家認同提供民主與公民競爭的場域。
並列摘要
The problem of sovereignty and national identity that is often simplified to the Taiwan independence vs. unification issue is the most important political cleavage in Taiwan. The problem concerning the history of Taiwan's divorce from Mainland China had been developed through different eras of Taiwanese resistance against Japan's colonial occupation, Kuomingtang's authoritarian rule and Chinese Communist threat. It had also been broken in with different collective historical memories and experiences of Taiwan's native population and the immigrants from Mainland China since 1945 Chinese Civil War. This article tries to examine the essence of people's sovereignty and national identity through constitutional law's approach and claims to appreciate different ethnic nationalisms' national images for the reason of respecting for the freedom of speech and thinking. On the other hand, it tries to propose the concept of Taiwan civic nationalism from the standpoint of a modem state. Additionally, Taiwan's national identity should be constructed by citizenship, and people's sovereignty needs to be consolidated. As such, the present divided nation's constitutional structure will become a democratic and fair arena for different ethnic groups' national identity to contest.