明代徽州的民事纠纷与民事诉讼

Civil Disputes and Law Suits in Huizhou of the Ming Dynasty

本文利用大量的原始资料和地方志 ,论述了明代徽州民间诉讼增多的原因、诉讼的基本内容、处理程序和依据标准等。在明代 ,包括徽州在内的全国许多地区诉讼案件的增多 ,一方面说明人们的法制观念增强 ,越来越懂得用法律保护自己的权力 ;另一方面反映了商品经济的发展和社会文明的进步。

The article looks into the cause of the growing volume of civil law suits in Huizhou of the Ming Dynasty, their fundamental contents, the legal procedure and the standards thereof by making use of large amounts of original materials and local history. The increasing number of civil lawsuits in many regions of the country during the Ming signified, on the one hand, people’s growing understanding of the rule of law, so that they were increasingly aware of the possibility for self protection by resorting to ...