普通法的历史之维

本文从对经典普通法理论的观点梳理入手,从普通法作为习惯和理性两个方面剖析了普通法的历史性特征。文章指出,无论是从普通法来源于习惯这一点看,还是从普通法被视为理性本身来看,历史在其中都起到了非常重要的作用。接下来,文章又从主观与客观、流变与静止、观念与方法三个方面,尝试性地分析了普通法历史性的含义,为理解普通法提供了参考。

This article aims at deploring the historicity of the English common law.For ibis?i〔develops its ideas from two aspects:whether as immemorial customs or as reason itself,common law is closely conncctvd with history.But whal does the historicity of the English com mon law mean?The author tries to explain this from three perspectives:the subjectivity and objectivity of history.history as a changing whlile noi an unmoving process.historicity from the perspective of idea while not from methodology.