法治在当前乡土社会中的困境--河南省巩义市社会法庭之调研

The Plight of Rule of Law in the Context of Rural Society: Field Research of Society Court in Gongyi city Henan Province

通过对河南省巩义市社会法庭的调研,可看到公平正义的法治在我国乡土社会遭遇了不同方面的阻碍,导致了法治困境。我国乡土社会法治困境的真正原因在于文化的冲突,在于以公平正义为核心价值的法治文化和我国乡土社会的传统文化之间的巨大鸿沟。要走出这法治困境,我国的法律规范就应根植于我国的传统文化,把优秀的传统文化和良好的民俗习惯吸纳到法律和司法实践中,在程序和实体两方面同时加强法治在乡土社会民众中的威信,久而久之就可以在我国传统文化和民俗习惯的支撑下进一步形成公平正义的社会秩序,代表公平正义的法律规范才能顺利地推行,以公平正义为核心的法治文化才能真正实现。

This paper is mainly concerned with the nomocracy of rural society in China. Based on the field research of ‘society court' in Gong Yi, Henan province, it is found that the nomocracy to pursue fairness and justice has encountered much resistance in rural society and leads to judicial dilemma.This paper further argues that cultural conflict is the most primary reason of that judicial dilemma.The culture of nomocracy to pursue fairness and justice is based on commodity economy and thoughts of individual, freedom and equality, while that of rural society in China is based on agricultural economy and thoughts of unequal hierarchy and family ethics. The current judicial situation in rural society is to make the nomocracy with fairness and justice to judge the behaviors of citizens in rural society, and hence the conflict emerged due to the distinguished cultures.In order to solve the judicial dilemma in rural society, five suggestions have been proposed in this paper.