普通法系判例制度的文化基础

作为普通法系独具特色的司法制度,判例制度的合理运行需以判例主义的文化基础为依托.法律神圣、司法至上的法治理念,接受错误、立足传统的社会心理,趋向保守、贵族操守的伦理观念共同构成了维系判例法运行的文化基础,使判例制度在这种特有的文化土壤中求得稳定,获得发展.

On the Cultural Basis of Precedent System in Common Law

As a kind of characteristic judicial system in common law, the reasonable operation of precedent system lies on the cultural basis of precedent doctrine. Those that an ideal of sacred law and supreme judicature, the social psychology of tolerance of mistakes and basing on convention, and the ethical sense of conservatism and noble personal integrity consists of the cultural basis of precedent law system, thus makes precedent system achieve steady and further development in certain cultural soil.