从吉尔兹“地方性知识”理论说起——关于民族国家法制本土化理论的几点再思考

On the Localization Theory of Legal Modernization

民族国家法制现代化应择取本土化路径是一种颇为持久的理论观点。就当下国内学界而言,这种理论往往以吉尔兹、孟德斯鸠等人的相关论述作为逻辑起点。然而,如果采取全面的而非断章取义的、批判的而非迷信的态度对待吉尔兹等人的经典理论,得出的结论也许就是：国内学界的本土化理论是一种从逻辑上站不住脚的理论；进而言之,本土化也不应是民族国家法制现代化的基本路径。

Scholars have held the view that a nation should modernize its legal system by means of localization. In China, the proponents of this view base their theory on Geertz＇s theory of local knowledge and Montesquieu＇s relevant theory. However, after a critical and all-rounded analysis of these scholars＂ theories, we can conclude that the localization theory is not well-founded logically, and furthermore, localization should not be a nation＇s basic path of legal modernization.