弹劾制度起源于14世纪的英国。近代初期,随着一系列宪政国家的出现,弹劾制度陆续传播到世界各地,如今已成为许多西方国家宪政制度的重要组成部分。然而,当弹劾制度在其他国家纷纷生根开花之时,在它的发源地英国却逐步走向了衰落,至19世纪初,甚至完全退出了英国历史舞台。回顾这段历史,人们会发现一个有趣的现象.弹劾制度在英国的兴衰历史,恰好与 Impeachment system originated in the 14th century Britain. In the early modern period, with the appearance of a series of constitutional states, the impeachment system spread to all over the world successively and nowadays has become an important part of constitutional system in many western countries. However, when the impeachment system took root and bloomed in other countries, the United Kingdom where it originated gradually declined. By the early 19th century, it even completely withdrawn from the stage of British history. In retrospect of this period of history, one may find an interesting phenomenon in which the impending imperialist regime’s rise and fall in the United Kingdom coincides with