论沈家本“法权统一”的法律思想

On Shen Jiaben’s Legal Thought of Unity of Law and Power

沈家本是中国近代法学的奠基者 ,他在清末法律变革过程中 ,对中国古代法学和西方新兴法学进行了深入的研究、整理和总结 ,并初步形成了自己的法律思想。沈家本在总结中国古代历史经验的基础上 ,接受了近代西方主权理论和法律面前人人平等思想的影响 ,深切认识到法权统一对于维护和加强国家政治统治的重要性。因而 ,他在法律规定方面、执法方面和司法主权等方面都提出了必须统一的新思想 ,这些思想对于批判封建主义等级特权观念 ,维护国家主权和民族尊严 ,为清末的法制改革和促进传统律学向近代法学的最终转型 ,作出了重要贡献 ,并对我们今天的法制建设。

As a founder of Chinese modern science of law, Shen Jiaben profoundly studied, systematized and summarized the Chinese ancient and the Western newly rising science of law during the law transformation in the late Qing Dynasty. He accepted the Western sovereign theory and was deeply influenced by the thought of ”everyone is equal before the law”.He put forward his own legal thought in the making, enforcement of law and judicial sovereignty. His ”unity of law and power” was vital to the political rule of a country and is still valuable today in the strengthening of our socialist legal system.