曹氏文书及其法律作用

The Study On Cao's Documents And Their Legal Functions

曹氏文书是一个包含卖契、议约、承佃契约、分家关书等多种文书类型的文书群。其中的文书真实记录了望江曹氏家族族人土地交易过程,展现了土地交易过程中血缘宗法观念的强烈影响,彰显了曹氏族人对中人选取过程及其作用的重视,呈现了国家法与民间法的互动博弈。以曹氏文书为代表的土地交易相关文书具有促进族内纠纷解决,维护宗族和谐及证明土地产权归属,理顺土地交易秩序等重要作用。另外,该类文书在推进诉讼进程的同时,也会助长健讼之风。对曹氏文书及其法律作用的探究在丰富土地契约文书的考释研究成果的同时,也拓展了土地契约文书之法律作用的研究。

The Cao's documents include many types such as sales contract,agreement,tenancy contract,and family separation.They vividly recorded the processes of the land transaction of the Cao's family in Wangjiang.They show the strong influence of the patriarchal concept of blood in the process of land transaction,highlighting the emphasis of Cao family on the selection process and its role of middlemen,presenting the spatial distribution characteristics of land,as the objects in trades,that spread in the area where people in the family of Cao lives.They also present the fierce game between the national law and the folk law.The land transaction related documents represented by Cao's documents play an important role in promoting the settlement of disputes within the clan,maintaining clan harmony,and proving the ownership of land property rights,and straightening out the order of land transaction.In addition,such documents also have a positive functions and negative impacts on the litigation process.The research on Cao's documents and its legal function enriches the textual research on land contract documents.At the same time,it develops the research on the legal function of land contract documents,which is beneficial for excavating the value of land contract documents in the crossing view of history and law.