法律不能被信仰的理由

The Reason why Law can’t be Believed

伯尔曼“法律必须被信仰,否则将形同虚设”被中国法律界学者广泛认同,并认为中国现阶段法律不能得到倚重和尊重,关键就是人们没有“法律信仰”。“法律信仰”是一个错误命题,法律不能被信仰在于法律不能成为被信仰的对象,法律至上的追求不等于“法律信仰”,中国的法治现状与西方的法治现状存在根本差别,倡导“法律信仰”是将中国法治引入误区并会带来危害,它转移了社会价值危机的视线并混淆了信仰与权威的界限,是一个不适合中国国情的理念。

Harold J. Berman＇s words ＂Law must be believed, or it will not work ＂are justified and agreed upon by most Chinese scholars in the legal field. They think that nowadays in China, the law cannot be relied on and respected because people do not have faith in it. In fact, the Chinese expression ＂faith in law＂ is a false hypothesis. People do not have faith in law because law is not an object for people to put faith in. The concept of ＂the supremacy of law＂ is not equal to that of ＂faith in law＂ due to the great difference in democracy between in China and western countries in reality. The idea of ＂faith in law＂ is not suitable for China and will divert the focus of the crisis of the social value, and confuse the concepts of faith and authoritv.