论罗马法的复兴

On Reformation of Roman Law

罗马法由狭隘的城邦习惯法、市民法发展为万民法,成为第一个具有世界性质的法律制度,正是因为其包含着的有利于商品经济发展的法权关系符合了中世纪封建社会各国的需要,即它既适应了当时新兴市民等级发展资本主义经济的要求,又符合与这一等级结成联盟的君主专制的中央集权国家的需要,所以罗马法在中世纪中期随着资本主义经济的成长而趋于复兴。罗马法的复兴,使几乎所有的欧洲国家都受到了不同程度的影响,并使其法律制度进入了一个新的历史阶段。

Roman Law has developed from narrow city-state customary law to common law,and has become the first legal system with international character,just because it met the needs of the development of capitalist economy of the city residents grade,and at the same time,it suited to the development of the centralized state power.So,in the Middle Ages,Roman Law was rediscovered and revived.The reformation of Roman Law has influenced almost all the European countries and made their legal system enter a new stage.