Abstract: Local autonomy,which aimed at seeking democracy and social progress,was an inevitable content in the process of legal modernization since the late Qing Dynasty.The Nanjing Kuomin government existed in the height of legal modernization in China,whose autonomy law was most mature and precise.However,there was no time enough for it to establish real local autonomous system.This paper gives a brief analysis on the legislation of local autonomy of Nanjing Kuomin government.

Key words: constitutionalism, local autonomy, legislation