试论法治信仰

An Introduction to Rule of Law

法治信仰是指主体对于法治极度信服和尊重并以之为行为准则。法治不同于法制 ,也不只是依法治国 ,是一种法律的理想体系。实现法治的精神要件在于法治信仰。在当代中国 ,政治、经济、文化的发展要求人们信仰法治。法治信仰的内容既包括主体对法律价值的感受、体认与认同 ,也包括主体的权利意识、理想意识及守法精神。从而强调了法治必须被信仰 ,主体才能奉法而行。

In this paper,the writer introduces a new term'Belief in Rule of Law'and argues that it will play a key role in the Chinese construction of rule of law in three aspects:the connotation of belief in rule of law,the contents of belief in rule of law,and the reasons to take belief in rule of law.