法律人类学介评

本文对法律人类学 ,作了纲领性的介绍 ,对其关于“非国家”的法律观、法律的一般特征、法律的发展、法律是一种文化现象、法律多元、法律的功能等观点作了总结。作者结合近年来出现的“本土资源论”和“民间法”以及 WTO争端解决机制研究热潮对法律人类学进行了评价。作者认为我们应该把法律当作一个文化现象、重视“非国家的法律观”和“法律多元”问题、应该注重对法律的功能分析 ,为社会提供符合需要的法律资源和制度资源

On legal anthropology

In the article, the author gives a rough introduction about legal anthropology. The author summarizes its main viewpoints about stateless law, the general characteristic of law, the development of law, law as a kind of cultural phenomenon and legal pluralism. The author thinks we are supposed to regard law as a cultural phenomenon, value the issues of "stateless law" and" legal pluralism", and we should pay more attention to the functionalist analysis of law, provide laws and systems which meet the demand of our society.