民商法在中国古代法中的地位和发展历程

中国古代存在规范意义上的民商法,中国古代民商法是在以刑为主、诸法合体的封建保守法律体系中得以存在和发展的,其在中国古代法律体系中一直处于从属与次要的地位,民商法典始终没有从刑法典中独立出来,并且,民法与商法规范也是不加区分地混在一起.中国古代民商法律规范经历了一个从少到多,从简单到复杂,从民刑不分到民刑有分,从相对分散到相对集中的发展历程.

Research on the Civil and Commercial Law of Ancient China

In ancientChina,there were civiland commerciallaw provisions although there were no civilcode and commercialcode. The civiland com m erciallaw provisions were hidden in the crim inal code,and they were in a subordinate position. The civil code and commercial code were never independent from the crim inalcode in ancientChina. Butthe civiland commercial law provisions passed a way from less to more,from simple to complex.