价值与困境:反思清代以来民事司法文化中的实用道德主义——读《清代以来民事法律的表达与实践》

Value and Dilemma:Reflection on the Pragmatic Moralism in Civil Judicial Culture since the Qing Dynasty——Reading"Expression and Practice of Civil Law since the Qing Dynasty"

本文以黄宗智先生在《清代以来民事法律的表达与实践:历史、理论与现实》(三卷本)中提出了一个重要概念“实用道德主义”为研究起点,试图探讨清代以来民事法律实践中存在的独特思维方式“实用道德主义”是否真实存在?如果存在,其以何种方式表现于法律表达与法律实践之中?这种“实用道德主义”是否能成为构建中国现代法律理想图景的重要历史资源,这种融合道德与实用的法律思维可以实现与西方形式理性和权利思想的融合吗?

This article takes Mr.HUANG Zong-zhi’s"Expression and Practice of Civil Law Since the Qing Dynasty:History,Theory and Reality"(three volumes)put forward an important concept"Practical Moralism"as a research starting point,trying to explore the civil law since the Qing Dynasty Does the unique way of thinking"Practical Moralism"in legal practice really exist?If it exists,how does it manifest itself in legal expression and legal practice?Can this kind of"Practical Moralism"become an important historical resource for constructing the ideal picture of modern Chinese law?Can this fusion of moral and practical legal thinking be integrated with Western formal rationality and rights thinking?