外国及香港政府法律顾问制度对我国内地的启示

On the Inspiration of Government Counsel System in Foreign Countries and Hong Kong for Chinese Mainland

美国、英国、新加坡以及我国香港地区都建立了完善的政府法律顾问制度。这些制度启示我们:在我国建立政府法律顾问制度,必须提升政府法律顾问的法律地位,必须推进为政府首长设立专职首席法律顾问,必须聘用大量律师为政府提供法律服务。我国已对公职律师制度进行了有益探索。尽管对这种探索还存在争议,但是法治政府建设需要法律专家协助已是一种不争的事实,其中社会律师是政府法律顾问的最佳人选。

Gradually improved and perfected in such countries and region as the United States, Great Britain, Singapore,and Hong Kong, the system of government counselor inspires us to pay more concern on the following issues as establishing Chinese government counsel system, for instance, to promote the legal statue of government counselors, to advance the constitution ofprofessional chief counsel for the government leaders, as well as to employ a lot of lawyers for supplying legal service for government. Even though controversies exist in the exploration on the system of public lawyer, which has born some meaningful fruits, it is an indisputable fact that construction of government ruled by law needs professional assistance offered by legal experts of whom social lawyers will be the best candidates for government counsel.