从民法的制订看清末民国时期男女平等地位的法律建构

The Compiling of Civil Law on the Equal Status of Men and Women in Late Qing Dynasty and Republican China

清末至民国时期对民法的编订经历了20多年时间,在这期间出现过《大清民律草案》、《民国民律草案》、《民国民法》三个民法文本,这三个法律文本基本勾勒出民事关系中男女平等法律地位的构建过程。事实表明,民国民法在男女平等方面所取得的成果与当时社会观念的演进有着密切的联系,是当时历史语境下的产物,或者说是五四以来社会观念加速更新的必然结果。然而在当时的现实社会中,旧有的生活方式往往还占据着主导地位,因此,民法建构的男女平等法律地位只能说是一个开始,要真正改变男女不平等的社会现实还有着很长的路要走。

During the 20 odd years,civil laws were compiled towards the equality of men and women.This was the inevitable result of the progress of social concept.However,the old life style dominated the society at that time and there was still a long way to go for people to fundamentally change the social reality of gender inequality.