中国古代缘坐制度考辨

Argumentation on Ancient China's Yuanzuo System

缘坐是指在中国古代法时代存在的,以家族本位、罪人以族的观念为基点,正犯本人和相关亲属连带受罚的一项特殊归责原则。缘坐制度在宗法网络的基础上,勾勒出一个与之对应的刑法体系。缘坐制度在展示不同的时代具有代表性刑法的同时,揭示了中国古代法深厚的宗法文化底蕴。

Yuanzuo became a special principle of attributing responsibility in ancient China,whose base is the crimes committed by one person should be attributed to the family.Yuanzuo system outlines a correspondent penal code system based on the patriarchal clan network.It also indicates that different representative penal codes exist in different times,discovering the rich details of patriarchal clan in China's ancient law.