构建法治国家语境下的中国本土习惯法及其与“国家法”的融合路径

The Combination of Customary Law and Law under the Circumstance of Building a Law-based Country

在中国乡土社会之中,实际上存在着以"国家法"为代表的"显性法律系统"与以习惯法为代表的"隐性法律系统"。作为"隐性法律系统"的重要组成部分,习惯法具有独特的价值。对其价值解读,存在着法律多元主义和本土资源理论两种范式。在建构社会主义法治国家的进程中,需要调和习惯法与"国家法"之间的关系,而调和的基本视角即是坚持"国家法中心主义"与"习惯法中心主义"并重。只有如此,才能充分发挥出"国家法"与习惯法的各自优势,从而实现社会和谐之目的。

In the countryside of China,there is an explicit legal system which consists of law,as well as an inexplicit sys-tem which involves customary laws. As a typical represent and main character of the inexplicit legal system,customary laws have their own characteristics and values. There are two reasons why customary laws exist,which are legal pluralism and lo-cal resources theory. In the process of building a law-based country,we must deal with the relationship of law and local customary laws properly. Only by this way can both law and customary laws function well.