从多元社会到法治社会——反思乡村社会的法治建设

Reflection on the Rule of Law Construction in Rural Society——From Multicultural to the Society with Rule of Law

法律,作为一种专门的社会控制手段,原本不是西方社会所特有的现象。但,近代法制改革以来,法律却不断被狭义为西方法律。尤其是"传统与现代"交织的乡村社会,我们自觉站在了自己的立场,用西方法律解决中国问题。如此,不仅乡村治理危机更形严重,而且传统文化亦日益消亡。对此,文章基于乡村社会法律多元的现实基础上,分析法律多元的"利"与"弊",认为应区分中西法律"工具之用"与"社会保障"之别,最大程度发挥法律之用,以期乡村法治进一步完善,从多元社会到法治社会。

Law,as a special means of social control,was not a unique phenomenon of Western society.However,since the reform of legal system in modern China,the law has been narrowed down to be defined as western law,especially in the rural society where the tradition was interwoven with the modernization,and the western law was chosen to solve Chinese problems.Thus,not only is the village more difficult to govern,but also the traditional culture has faded away gradually.Based on the multicultural reality of the rural law,this article analyzes its advantages and disadvantages and makes a point of distinguishing the tool function in western society and value of social guarantee in China to maximize the effectiveness of law,improve the rule of law governance from multicultural to the rule of law in rural areas.