A constitutionally limited government is a system of government that is bound to certain principles of action by a state constitution

Constitution

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...

. This system of government is dialectically opposed to pragmatism

Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice...

, on the basis that no state action can be made that conflicts with its constitution, regardless of the action's possible consequences.

An example of a constitutionally limited government is the United States of America, which is a constitutionally limited republic.

Inherent in any constitutionally limited government, is an accepted code of values,used to define its constitutional view of justice

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...

, making it a value social system.