中国法律文化的历史发展与近代变革

从历史渊源看,中国古代法律文化构成了当代中国的历史根基最深厚、民族认同感最强烈、实际影响最深远的法律文化传统。自19世纪以来,中国社会已开始发生一场不可逆转的、深刻的社会变革,中国传统法律文化所赖以生存的社会物质生活条件正在逐步地失去,而开始面临着一种全新的生存环境。古代法律文化作为一个整体已经瓦解,但其包含的很多因素则分散地以各种形式延续下来,法律意识、风俗习惯、行为方式等不少内容在现代仍具有建设性价值。

The Historical Development of China's Law Culture and Its Reforms in Recent Times

In the perspective of historical source,the law culture in ancient China makes up the law cultural tradition that has historical foundation,national identity and far-reaching.Since the nineteenth century,the social reform has been taking place in China and the material living conditions that China traditional law culture depends on are losing and face a new situation.The ancient law culture,as a whole,is gone,but some elements have survived such as law consciousness,customs,acting way and so on.