法典制度文明与行政法典编纂

Civilization of Code System and Codification of Administrative Code

制度文明是中华文明的构成与表征方式之一。法典可从形式、权威、逻辑和体系等多个维度表现出制度文明的精神,故法典既是制度文明的代表性成果,也是制度文明的创新性表达。在中外源远流长的制度文明史上,法典编纂发挥着为文明国家“正名”、建构国家统一法秩序和铸造民族共同体意识等重要作用,因而从古至今备受统治者的推崇和青睐。我国在推进行政法典编纂工作时,有必要从法典制度文明史的角度“从常观变”,进而构建中华制度文明的行政法治图景,展现行政法治文明的中国制度特色。虽然法典形式无涉立场与偏好,但是法典编纂必须在特定制度文明底色和具体国情条件下展开。中国行政法典编纂应彰显中华民族现代文明的突出特性,塑造中国行政治理的制度韧性,接续中华民族伟大复兴的理想。行政法典编纂的政治决断和立法安排应在法典制度文明的视阈下推进,并具体处理好行政法典的名称选择、体例设计、编纂步骤、内容框定和立法技术等问题。

Institutional civilization is one of the ways in which Chinese civilization is constructed and characterized.The legal code can demonstrate the spirit of institutional civilization from multiple dimensions such as form,authority,log-ic,and system.Therefore,the legal code is not only a representative achievement of institutional civilization,but also an innovative expression of institutional civilization.In the long history of institutional civilization from both domestic and for-eign sources,the compilation of legal codes has played an important role in"legitimizing"civilized countries,constructing a unified legal order,and forging a sense of national community.Therefore,it has been highly respected and favored by rulers from ancient times to the present.When promoting the compilation of the administrative code in China,it is necessa-ry to"observe changes from the perspective of the civilization history of the code system",and then construct the adminis-trative rule of law landscape of Chinese institutional civilization,demonstrating the Chinese institutional characteristics of administrative rule of law civilization.Although the form of the legal code does not involve positions or preferences,the compilation of the legal code must be carried out under specific institutional civilization background and specific national conditions.The compilation of the Chinese administrative code should highlight the prominent characteristics of modern Chi-nese civilization,shape the institutional resilience of Chinese administrative governance,and continue the ideal of the reju-venation of the Chinese nation.The political decision-making and legislative arrangements for the compilation of adminis-trative codes should be promoted from the perspective of the civilization of the code system,and specific issues such as the selection of names,style design,compilation steps,content framing,and legislative techniques of administrative codes should be handled well.