陈顾远与中国法律史学科体系的创建

Chen Guyuan and the Construction of Chinese Legal History Subject

陈顾远是中国20世纪著名的法史名家,其在法律史学理论领域创获颇多,为中国近代法律史学科体系的创建奠定了坚实的理论基础。他对法制与法制史的概念、法制史的研究对象以及法制史学科内涵等重大问题的科学阐发,为中国法律史学科体系的创建提供了有益启发;通过深入探讨,陈顾远最终把研究中国法制史所要解决的重大问题界定为"中国法制之史疑"、"中国法制之史实"、"中国法制发展之历史分期"三端,并就上述问题提出诸多创见,为中国法制史学者提供了智力支持,同时也为法律史学者指明了大致着力方向;陈氏还对"中国古代法律之变"、"中国古代法律之质"、"中国古代法律之量"等重大法制理论问题进行了理性思考,并对西方的新学理以及前代学者所倡导的"新史学"理论与方法进行继承与发展,为中国近代法律史学的发展做出了巨大贡献。

Chen Guyuan was very famous in the 20th century for his academic contribution to legal historic theory. He not only developed the subject concepts of the legal system and the legal history subject creatively, but also explained the three important actors in the field of Chinese legal historical research. In the theory of legal system, he exhausted the variation, quality and quantity of Chinese legal system. Especially he absorbed the advantages of wsetern and Chinese tradional academic. For all abovel reasons, he made great contributions to the development of the Chinese legal history subject.