论中国古代有无行政法——以法治政府为视角

On Having or Not Having Administrative Law in Ancient China

中国政府正处在向法治政府演进的过程中,中国的行政法不仅起源于这个过程的起点,而且是推进这个过程的主动力。法治政府的演进轨迹折射了行政法的运演过程,法治政府的逻辑外现有有限政府、理性政府和责任政府,而中国古代有关行政的法律制度仅仅停留在纯粹的行政管理层面,完全没有法治政府的价值趋向,不是真正意义上的行政法。

Chinese government is in the process of evolution to the rule-of-law government, Chinese administrative law not only originated from the beginning of this process, but also is the main power to push the process forward. The track of the evolution to rule-of-law government reflects the developing process of administrative law. The logic representation of rule-of-law government limited govemmeut,reasonable government, responsible government prove that the legal system about administration in ancient China was in the level of pure administration, it did not incline to be a rule-of-law government. So it was not administrative law in the real meaning.