《菲律宾民法典》的保守与创新

1949年《菲律宾民法典》是对1889年《西班牙民法典》的翻新,其编排结构并没有逃脱后者的束缚,内容也具有很强的罗马法色彩;该法典还因菲律宾曾受到美国的长期殖民统治,受到了英美法的强大影响,结果,它在很多具体制度的设计上实现了大陆法系与英美法系的巧妙融合.因此,该法典不但为我们以《西班牙民法典》为标杆研究民法典结构的变迁提供了范本,还为我们了解混合法系的优劣提供了可能.

The Conservatism and Innovation of the Philippine Civil Code

The Phillippine Civil Code(1949) has retreaded the Spanish Civil Code(1889), its structure is subject to the same of the latter, its contents are founded on Roman law; the constitution of such code has also been influenced by the Anglo-American law because of the long period of American colonization, so, its many rules have both Civilian and English factors. It not only provides us a model to research the development of the structure of the civil code refer to Spanish Civil Code, but also gives us a possibility to apprehend the character of the mixed jurisdiction.