主题与变奏:社会变迁中的司法传统——以人民司法传统的复苏为视角

Theme and Variation:Judicial Traditions in a Changing Society

现代社会中的司法具有多重功能,其中经常容易被忽视的一个功能即是为政治提供合法性资源。司法历来也是人民政权执政合法性再生产的场域。因此,人民政权自革命时期起就高度重视政法工作,积极探索适合中国国情的社会主义司法制度,由此所催生的马锡五审判方式及调解制度塑造了人民司法的新传统。改革开放带来的社会转型,促使专业化的现代司法理念兴起,而人民司法传统则出现部分断裂。为纠正司法改革中所出现的偏差,国家通过一系列举措,又使得人民司法传统呈现复苏的趋势。将这一过程置于大历史和全球化的视野下,人民司法传统的复兴意味深长。

Justice has multiple functions in a modern society,on which is often ignored is providing politics legitimacy.Justice is also a field where legitimacy is a reproduction of the rulings of the People’s Regime.Therefore,the People’s Regime places a great emphasis on politics and laws from the period of revolution.It strives to explore socialistic judicial systems which are adaptable to the actual conditions in China.Ma Xiwu’s ways of trail and system of mediation shape new traditions of people’s justice.The social transformation caused by the Reform and Open Policies,modern judicial philosophy has sprung up,while traditional people’s justice is partly broken.To correct some deviations in the process of judicial reform,China takes many measures to recover the tradition of people’s justice.From the perspective of macro-history and globalism,the renewal of the tradition of People’s Justice is meaningful.