论民事习惯的司法运用

On the Judicial Application of Civil Custom

根据《民法典》第10条的规定,习惯可以作为国家制定法的有效补充。从我国的司法实践来看,法官主动选择运用民事习惯解决社会纠纷的案件越来越多,与此同时,民事习惯在我国司法实践中也存在着被随意运用,甚至被滥用的现象。本文通过对我国司法实践中民事习惯运用的现状考察,找出现实运用中存在的困境,分析困境产生的原因,并在此基础上提出相应的解决措施,以期对司法实务有所裨益。

According to Article 10 of the Civil Code,custom can serve as an effective supplement to the law enacted by the state.From the perspective of China’s judicial practice,judges are increasingly choosing to use civil customs to resolve social disputes,but at the same time,there is also the phenomenon of civil customs being used arbitrarily or even abused in China’s judicial application.This article examines the current situation of the use of civil customs in China’s judicial practice,identifies the dilemmas that exist in their use in reality,analyses the reasons for the dilemmas,and proposes corresponding measures,with a view to benefiting judicial practice.