尊重生活、承续传统:民法典编纂与民事习惯

Respect for Life and Carry on Traditions:Civil Law Codification and Civil Custom

编纂民法典是一项十分复杂的工作,从尊重生活、承续传统出发需要处理好民法典与民事习惯的关系。我国现有宪法、法律(狭义)、行政法规、地方性法规、部门规章、地方政府规章都对民事习惯有具体规范或概括规范,涉及物权习惯、商事习惯、婚姻家庭习惯、继承习惯、丧葬习惯等民事习惯。但现有法律规定没有明确将习惯规定为一般法源,规定的内容较具体而不能涵盖全部民事行为,需要在民法典编纂时予以认真对待、恰当处理。

Civil law Codification is a complex undertaking,thus we need to handle the relationships between Civil Law and civil custom in terms of respecting for life and carrying on traditions. There are specific and abstract selections of civil custom in our Country ＇s existed Constitution,Law（ narrowly-defined）,Administrative Regulations,Local Law,Department Regulations and Local Government Regulations,which refer to property custom,commercial custom,marriage-family custom,inheritance custom,funeral custom and so on. However,civil custom has not been clearly defined as the source of law and the content of the Civil Law codification is too concrete to cover the whole civil actions. Civil Law Codification should take civil custom seriously and address civil custom appropriately.