涉外法治:属性解读与完善进路

Rule of Law in Foreign Affairs:Elaboration on Attributes and Approaches to Improvement

涉外法治是我国法治体系中的“弱项”,其属性的明确无疑是推进涉外法治的基础和关键。涉外法治具有混合属性,在不同属性之下,涉外法治的完善路径和完善内容亦不相同。国内法治属性立基于国内层面的法治运行,国际法治属性侧重于国际层面的法治活动,交叉属性强调国内法治与国际法治的互动,对外关系法治属性则集中反映了涉外法治的主要内容。不同属性汇聚于涉外法治一身,看似矛盾,但辩证地看,这恰恰反映了涉外法治的混合属性。只有基于混合属性、兼顾不同路径,才能构建完善的涉外法治体系。

Since the rule of law in foreign affairs remains a weak link in the Chinese rule-of-law system,clarification of its attributes is undoubtedly essential to its advancement.The rule of law in foreign affairs contains a multiplicity of attributes,and therefore,different improvement approaches and contents are required under different attributes.The domestic rule-of-law attribute focuses on the operation of law at the domestic level,while the international rule-of-law attribute emphasizes rule-of-law activities at the international level.The attribute of intersection stresses interaction between the domestic rule of law and the international rule of law,while the attribute of the rule of law in foreign relations focuses encapsulates its essence.It seems contradictory that different attributes converge in the rule of law in foreign affairs,but dialectically,this reflects the multiplicity of attributes.Only based on the multiplicity of attributes and considering different paths can we build a sound rule-of-law system in foreign affairs.