现代司法境遇下的习惯法——以黔东南苗侗地区宅基地习惯法司法个案为例

The customary law in the modern judicature circumstances——Individual cases of the customary law of homestead in the the Miao and Dong area

黔东南州是我国一个少数民族聚集区,苗侗民族世居于此,繁衍生息。州境内山高水多,林木茂盛,但可耕地资源非常有限。苗侗民族为节约土地,多选择在山边居住,充分利用当地丰富的杉树来建房,用杉木做桩在屋底支撑,临空建起'吊脚楼'样式的木结构房屋。这种房屋依山傍水,从远处看十分的雄伟壮美。苗族特有的居住模式节约了有限的耕地,但这种居住方式在经济快速发展时期产生了大量的相邻权纠纷,由于宅基地习惯法的特点,类似的个案成为法官在司法实践中面临的难题之一。

Qiandongnan prefecture is a minority community in China,the Miao and Dong nationalities live here for generations.In the Autonomous Prefecture,there is rich in lush trees,mountains and waters,but less in arable land.In order to save the land,the Miao and dong nationality choose live in the mountain side,and make full use of fir trees which is rich in the area to build stilted building,make fir wooden stakes to support house in the bottom.This style houses near the mountain and by the river,are very magnificent and beautiful from a distance.The unique residential patterns of Miao nationalities saved the limited arable land,but produces a large number of disputes of adjacent relation in this era of rapid economic development.Because of the characteristic of the customary law of homestead,this similar cases become one of the challenges faced by the judges in the judicial practice.