无话可说与有话可说之间——评张伟仁先生的《中国传统的司法和法学》

There's Nothing to Say vs. There's Something to Say——On Traditional Justice and Jurisprudence in China by ZHANG Weiren

有人认为中国传统司法是“卡迪司法”,台湾的张伟仁教授认为韦伯关于“卡迪司法”的命题并无确据,中国传统司法不属于“卡迪司法”的类型。本文认为“卡迪司法”的命题成立,中国传统司法基本上属于“卡迪司法”。如何评价中国传统的司法制度与观念,涉及如何把握法律的中西古今之维问题,也涉及当代中国法治的基本方向问题。当代中国法治应划分为三个维度,民生、民权和民心,它们分别与经济系统、政治领域和中国文化相对应,前两者是古今问题,重在现代的制度建构;后者主要是中西问题,重在复兴具有普遍价值的中国传统文化。现代的市场经济、民主宪政以及中国传统文化的三驾马车齐头并进将是中国法治现代化乃至整个现代化的必由之路。

Some believe that Chinese traditional justice is ＂Khadi justice＂. Prof. Zhang Weiren from Taiwan, holds that the proposition of ＂Khadi justice＂ raised by Webber has no basis, and the Chinese traditional justice does not fall into the category of ＂Khadi justice＂. According to the writer of this thesis, the proposition of ＂Khadi justice＂ is correct and Chinese traditional justice basically belongs to the ＂Khadi justice＂. How to comment on the Chinese traditional judicial system and concepts involves both the issues concerning the laws in ancient and modern China and other countries and the fundamental direction of contemporary Chinese rule of law. The contemporary Chinese rule of law should be divided into three dimensions： people＇s livelihood, democracy, and popular sentiments, which respectively correspond to the economic system, political field and Chinese culture. The first two are mainly about the issue of ancient time and that of modern time, and the main task is to build the modern system. While the third is about the issue concerning China and western countries, mainly restoring the Chinese tradition culture. Nowadays the marketing economy, democratic government, and Chinese tradition and culture are in progress and will be necessary to the modernization of the legality of China and the modernization of China.