清代江南地区民间的健讼问题——以地方志为中心的考察

以清代地方志为基本史料,用实证的方法对清代江南地区民间的健讼问题进行考察,可以看到导致健讼产生的根本原因一是人口的膨胀,二是中国传统的专制制度的弊端。健讼给地方财政造成压力,加速了传统社会的解体,客观上有利于清末司法改革的推行。

On the Problem of the Folk Super-litigiousity in the South of River Area of the Qing Dynasty

Based on the local chronicles of the Qing Dynasty,and taking the positivist approach to exam- ine the problem of folk super- litigiousity in the area south of river,it can be seen that there were two fundamental reasons for the super-litigiousity,One is the expanded population and the other is the drawback of the traditional arbitrary system of China.The super-litigiousity posed pressure on the local finance and speeded the disintegration of traditional society,objectively helping introduce the juridical re- form in the end of the Qing Dynasty.