对新时期中国法制现代化的理论反思

改革开放新时期中国的法制现代化呈现出若干相互关联的风格或特征,呈现出供给主义、威权主义、精英主义等三个基本特征。供给主义是指由国家通过立法满足现代化过程中社会的制度需求的理论主张和实践,它以“供给创造需求”和“立法为惟一法律”为前设。威权主义是指依靠强大而有权威的政党和政府来领导全体人民进行法制现代化建设的理论主张和实践。精英主义是指由政治法律精英在政府之内代表政府或在政府之外协助政府领导和推进法制现代化事业的理论主张和实践。这些特征既构成了中国法制现代化在目前阶段上取得相当大成功的基本经验,同时也是中国法制现代化进程已展现出来的种种困难和将来所面临的诸多风险的症结之所在。

On the Characteristics of China's Legal Modernization Since 1978

China's legal modernization in the new era of reform and opening-up is moving forward,with some interconnected characteristics which are called Supplierism,Centralism and Elitism in this article.Supplierism insists that the state should make laws to meet the urgent needs for social norms and institutions.Centralism emphasizes that a strong centralist state would be needed to make legal modernization happen.Elitism contends that elitist legal profession is central to advancing the process of legal modernization.They are both important factors in making great progress in China's legal modernization,and the main sources of serious difficulties and risks in its process.