论民法典的特征与优势

The Characteristics and Virtues of Civil Code

从民法典的内在构造和外在功能两个角度,可以将民法典的特征分为内在特征和外在特征两个层面。民法典的内生性优势包括法律容易为普通人所知晓、法律的确定性和法律的灵活性三个层面。民法典的外在优势有法律渊源方面的开放性、双方权利义务平衡性和争端解决方面的经济性。因此,从中国近代以来的传统和当前的现实出发,法典化是当代中国实现法治目标的最优选择;而中国民法典在未来的最终出台也必将为中国法体系的"质地"增添现代性。

The characteristics and virtues of civil code contain two aspects： internal characters and external functions. The former is marked by three dimensions of accessibility to law, legal certainty and flexibility. The latter is embodied by several features as openness regarding the sources of law, balance of the rights and duties of the parties, economy on the settlement of the disputes. Therefore, codification is the most reasonable choice towards the perspective of law ruling in China if considering its legal tradition and reality. Furthermore, the elaboration of the Chinese Civil Code will mark certain modernity into the ＂texture＂ of the Chinese legal system.