民间规范与习惯权利

本文以探讨民间规范和习惯权利的内在关系为宗旨:习惯权利是针对法 (国家法 )定权利而言的,它是指一定社区内的社会主体根据包括社会习俗在内的民间规范而享有的自己为或不为、或者对抗 (请求 )他人为或不为一定行为的社会资格。习惯权利的规范载体是民间规范;民间规范的重要规范内容是习惯权利。在民间规范中,对习惯权利的载定既有明示方式的,也有隐含方式的。应当透过民间规范来观察、理解习惯权利。

Non-governmental Norms and Customary Rights

This paper studies the inherent relationships of non-governmental norms and customary rights, respectively. Customary rights are concerned with rights secured to a person by law, i.e. state law. They mean a social qualification that a person in a given community himself has to act or omit to act, or a legally enforceable claim that another will do or will not do a given act in accordance with non-governmental norms, including social practices. Non-government-norms behave as the carrier of customary rights, which are important contents of non-government norms. In non-governmental norms, some customary rights are expressed and some are implied. We should observe and recognize customary rights embodied in non-governmental norms.