摘要
近年来,许多法律史学者不约而同地提出,应当将推动法律史研究方法革新作为应对法律史学科现下正在我国法学界遭遇到的“被边缘化”危机的主要措施之一。在发出此类呼吁之前,理应先对中国法律史学界既往主要采用的研究方法所存在的问题进行客观审视和深刻反思。在民国时期,仅有一些关于法律史研究方法的零星讨论。新中国成立后的20多年间,阶级分析方法在中国法律史研究中一脉独大。改革开放后,中国法律史研究方法逐渐多元化。20世纪中国法律史学界关于研究方法的言说,既留下了一笔重要的学术资产,也存在如今看来需要改进的不足。这些不足主要体现为方法论自觉意识整体尚显薄弱,以及法学学科认同意识总体有待强化。它们共同构成了中国法律史学科当下化解“被边缘化”危机时应当重点突破的问题和方向。
In recent years,many scholars have independently proposed that promoting methodological innovation in legal history studies should be one of the primary measures to address the marginalization crisis facing legal history research within China’s academic legal community.Before issuing such calls,however,it is essential to thoroughly examine and deeply reflect on the problems inherent in the research methods predominantly employed by China’s legal history scholars in the past.From the sporadic discussions on legal history research methods during the Republican era,to the dominance of method of class analysis in legal history research during the first about two decades after the founding of the People’s Republic of China,and then to the gradual diversification of research methods following the reform and opening-up,the discourse on research methods in China’s legal history academia throughout the last century has left behind both a significant academic legacy and certain shortcomings that need to be overcome today.These shortcomings are primarily reflected in the overall lack of methodological selfawareness and the generally insufficient emphasis on disciplinary identity within the discipline of law.These two aspects constitute the key targets and directions that the discipline of legal history must focus on breaking through in order to escape the current crisis of being marginalized within China’s legal academia.
出处
《法学》
北大核心
2025年第10期51-64,共14页
Law Science
基金
中国人民大学中华法治文明高等研究院项目“中国传统诉讼文化中的现代借鉴因素及其创造性转化”
国家社会科学基金一般项目“中国法律史研究的范式问题与方法论反思”(项目批准号:18BFX030)的研究成果。
关键词
中国法律史研究方法
法律史学科危机
方法论自觉意识
法学学科认同意识
research methods in chinese legal history
the crisis of the discipline of legal history
methodological self-awareness
awareness of identification with the discipline of law
