中国的民事法律与司法判例

Civil Laws in China and Judicial Cases

民法法典化与反法典化,反映的是某一国家和地区市民社会的存在和发展对民法的需求和变动中的市民社会不断冲破法典的束缚,摈弃过时规范,认可新规范的事实。就中国而言,民事法律的法典化如火如荼,但实践中广泛存在的司法判例应用也是不争的事实。判例的作用,有以下四点:判决预测,促进理论发展,促进法律完善,法学教育的辅助手段。因而建议建立中国自己的判例制度。

Codification or anti - codification of a civil law is the reflection of a civil society＇ s need for the civil law and the fact that a civil society breaks through the limits of a civil law, discards the old regulations ad adopts new regulations. In China, a vigorous movement for the codification of civil law is under way. However, it is the reality that judicial cases are widely used in judiciary practice. The functions of judicial cases are as follows： to predict the ajudgement, to stimulate the development of legal theories, to speed up the improvement of laws and supplement the legal education. Therefore it is advisable that a system of judicial cases should be established in China.