法律的边界:寻求法律与社会规范之间的平衡——评罗伯特·C·埃里克森:《无需法律的秩序》

Boundary of Law:Seeking for Balance between Law and Social Norms

埃里克森认为,法律仅指由政府发布的组织规则;相对于法律,其它规则如个人伦理、合约、社会规范和非政府组织规范等都称为非正式规范。作者通过实证调查发现,有了法律,法律之外的社会规范不仅没有消失,反而深刻地检验着法律。而处于转型期的中国,法律日益增多,同时,社会规范也广泛存在,形成不同层次的"无需法律的秩序"。法律与社会规范都能起到维护秩序和社会稳定的功能,但是二者具备自身优势的同时又都有其局限性,文中关注法律与社会规范在我国社会运作中互动和协调的深层动因,力求在达到平衡的基础上促进二者各自社会功能的实现。

Erickson believed that the law refers only to the rules issued by a government;relative to the law,other rules such as per-sonal ethics,contracts,social norms and non-governmental organizations norms are all called informal norms.Outside the law,the social norms not only did not disappear,but profound test the law.In transformation period of China,with the in-creasing law,social norms form different levels of ＂order without law.＂ Law and social norms all can play the function to maintain order and social stability,but both have their own advantages and limitations,this article concerns the deep moti-vation of the law and social norms interaction and coordination in order to promote the realization of both their social func-tion based on the balance.