摘要
自公元一世纪中叶到十二世纪初,不列颠先后经历了直接和间接适用罗马法的漫长时代,其法律成长在多方面受到罗马法的影响。因此,1215年制定的英国大宪章不会像一些英国学者所言,是不列颠日耳曼传统独立发展的结果。大宪章中关于私人财产保护、人身自由保障、城市自治、赋税和刑事司法的制度都深烙着罗马法的印记;大宪章中蕴含的保障权利、限制王权、契约自由、注重程序等法律精神更是深受罗马法的影响。大宪章可谓英格兰法律成长中继受罗马法又秉持民族精神的创新结果,它蕴含着兼容并蓄、注重法治、协商共治、限制强权等一系列法律创新智慧,为英国普通法发展奠定了基石,使得后来的普通法系能够与大陆法系相媲关。
Britain had experienced direct and indirect application of Roman law suc- cessively from the middle of the first century AD to the early twelfth century and its law had been influenced by Roman law in many respects in its growth. Therefore, the Magna Carta of 1215 could not have been the result of the independent development of the British Germanic tra- dition, as some British scholars have claimed. As far as its content and origin are concerned, the Magna Carta is deeply branded by Roman law in such aspects as protection of private prop- erty, safeguarding of personal freedom, autonomy of cities, taxation and criminal justice. The spirits of law embodied in the Magna Carta, such as the protection of rights, limitation of king- ship, and freedom of contract, are even more profoundly influence by Roman law. The Magna Carta can be described as the result of the reception of Roman law and the adherence to British ethos. It also contains a series of creative wisdoms, such as all inclusiveness, the rule of law, deliberative governance and power restriction, which have laid the cornerstone for the develop- ment of the Common Law. Today, these creative wisdoms also has a high reference value for China in the construction of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics both in theory and in practice.
出处
《环球法律评论》
CSSCI
北大核心
2016年第4期147-161,共15页
Global Law Review
基金
河南财经政法大学校级重大课题"当代社会治理功能研究"(14CD-ZD-05)的研究成果