This Afterword takes up the challenge presented by Sergio Verdugo’s Foreword and explores how Costantino Mortati formulated the concept of material constitution to address the questions raised by both Verdugo and proponents of constituent power theory. This Afterword contends that the material constitution tackles the problem of the socio-political foundations of the constitutional regime without falling into some of the conceptual pitfalls that Verdugo identifies in constituent power theory. However, the materialist approach does carry a risk of manipulation, which can only be resolved by clarifying the nature of the constituent activity involved in founding a constitution. This innovative perspective refines what we can expect from a theory of constituent power. To develop the argument, this Afterword elucidates the concept of the material constitution, examines its relationship with constituent power theory, and discusses the limitations of the materialist approach.

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为时过早：探索制宪权的存在条件——塞尔吉奥·维尔杜戈（Sergio Verdugo）前言的后记

本后记接受了塞尔吉奥·韦尔杜戈前言提出的挑战，并探讨了康斯坦蒂诺·莫塔蒂如何提出物质构成的概念，以解决韦尔杜戈和制宪权力理论的支持者提出的问题。这篇后记认为，物质宪法解决了宪政体制的社会政治基础问题，而没有陷入维尔杜戈在制宪权力理论中指出的一些概念陷阱。然而，唯物主义方法确实存在被操纵的风险，这只能通过澄清宪法制定活动的性质来解决。这种创新的观点完善了我们对制宪权力理论的期望。为了展开论证，本后记阐明了物质构成的概念，考察了它与宪法权力理论的关系，并讨论了唯物主义方法的局限性。