论法国民法典的演变与发展

On the Evolution and Variation of French Code Civile

任何法典的制定都必须面对不断发展变化的社会需求。法国民法典的演变与发展经验告诉人们,成文化法典的稳定性,与因应时代步伐的法解释理论的发展密不可分,也需要由司法判例伴随左右。同时,成文化法典也必然离不开法律的修改活动,且法典的存续时间越长,修改的幅度也越大。他山之石,可以攻玉。我国正在制定自己的民法典,法国民法典的演变与发展之路,对我国民法典的制定以及未来民法典的发展将会有一定的借鉴意义:民法典要立足于确定的法律基本思想、合理的法典框架与结构以及坚实的民法基本理论,此外,也要避免法律规则过于琐碎。只有这样,才既能充分照顾到民法典的稳定性,又能为未来法律发展留下足够空间。

To meet the demand of ever-developing society is needed for any civil code. The evolution and variation of French Code civile shows us that the realization of the goal of certainty for civil code often goes along with the evolution of hermeneutic theory, the judicial cases and the amendment of the civil code itself. The longer a civil code exists, the more times and huger amount it is amended. To learn from the outwards, the experiences in evolution of French Code Civile can show us its intonations for our coming Civil Code as well： the civil code should be based on the certainty of general legal theory, the rationality of code＇ framework and the command of theory in civil law itself, furthermore it should avoid detailed regulations as possible. Thus both the certainty of civil code and the enough space for the future development of the civil code, can be well regarded.