论市民社会的法治蕴涵

On Legal Theoretical Analysis of Civil Society

市民社会与政治国家的分离是民主政治的产物。市民社会这个概念冲击着我国的法学研究,市民社会概念之演变表明它可以在不同的层面上使用。它既可以作为一个基础性概念,又可以作为民商法学研究中具有一定技术性的概念即仅指相对独立的私人生活领域。现代市民社会的法治蕴涵主要体现在:主体是“市民”而不是“公民”,传统意义上的“农民”不属于市民;意思自治是依法自治,是市民社会的基本理念;民法是市民社会的一般私法,它推动中国市民社会的发达,并形成中国法治的天然基础;市民社会是制约政治权力因素,但其与政治国家又是一个辨证发展过程,真正的法治社会应是二者的辨证统一。

As a result of the development of democratic politics, civil society separates itself from political state. The term, civil society, gives fresh impetus to our law science research in China, and not only can be used as a fundamental term but also as a technical term i.e. independent private life in our civil and commercial law science research. The meaning of the subject of modern civil society is close to natural person, but not traditional peasant and citizen in public law. Autonomy of private law is also in accordance with law. Civil law as the general private law of civil society promotes development of China civil society and lays the natural foundation of the legal society of China. Civil society as a kind of restriction on political power conversely depends on political state. The both sides join with each other to form a dialectical development course.