憲政

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 憲政, read けんせい, denotes the system and tradition of exercising state power under a constitution.
• Basic usage: It names the history of constitutional government and the constitutional order defended by legislators in a play.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Constitutional rule rather than the document alone
  • It means the political system and tradition of governing state power under a constitution, not the constitutional text alone.