本文將要對於動員戡亂時期的臺灣憲法變遷歷程做一整體性的回顧，目的是擬在歷史制度論的途徑下，去瞭解臺灣國家威權政體正當性轉化過程中憲法秩序的變化，最重要的是，瞭解臺灣國家在一九九○年代憲政改革展開前所座落的國內與國際政治經濟歷史結構，由此方知其如何在既有的歷史結構和憲政制度遺緒的制約下，透過政治集體行動者在特定的關鍵轉捩點上，引爆憲法時刻的改革動能，成就以〈憲法增修條文〉的制定與修正為中心的憲政改革。

　　　　　This article is a review of the whole history of Taiwanese constitutional change during the Period of Mobilization for Suppressing the Communist Rebellion. It will follow the approach of the historical institutionalism to examine the constitutional changes during the period of transformation of the authoritarian state’s legitimacy. More importantly, it examines the given conditions of the domestic and international historical structure along with the constitutional institutional legacies where the different political competitors subsequently formed and collectivelly ignited the reformative power at a specific critical juncture to achieve the Constitutional reform through the making and revising of the Constitutional Amendments.