公众参与和中国法治变革的动力模式

三十年法制改革的动力,从整体上看来自于自上而下的政府推动。在法制改革的初期阶段,这种政府主导、自上而下的动力模式有其现实合理性。但从法制变革,特别是行政法治改革语境看,自上而下动力模式在逻辑上和现实上也有明显的局限,存在着动力衰减的现实可能性。为了使法治改革在秩序和变革的平衡中获得可持续的发展动力,应当引入自上而下和自下而上这双重推动力。

Public Participation and Motive of China's Legal Reform

In general,the legal reforms in China in the past three decades have been driven by the government through top-down push.This government-dominating,top-down model for reforms has its historic and practical reasons in the initial stage of legal reform.However,government dominated model of reform is bounded to encounter difficulties in its sustainability in a long run.It is therefore necessary to introduce public participation as a supplementary force for moving the legal reforms ahead.