试论比较民族法学

当今世界约有200多个国家和地区,居住着2,200多个民族。各国对民族的界定和统计有不同的标准。在当今世界开放的环境条件下,纯粹单一的民族国家已不复存在。多民族国家的概念与法律,反映了民族法制价值取向的一方;同时,是指传统的多民族国家的概念,即国内世居民族聚居与散杂居的民族关系及其法律调整问题。而解决世界各国国内的民族问题,特别是通过法律手段调整各国的民族关系是全世界200多个国家所共同面临的迫切问题。中国自1978年实行改革开放政策以来,随着与世界其他国家在民族法学方面学术交流和人员往来的不断增多,不断催生着中国自己本土一个新兴的学术领域—比较民族法学的诞生。

On Comparative National Jurisprudence

There are 2,200 nationalities in 200 different countries and regions today.Each country has its own standard of nationality defining and counting.A particularly single nation exists no longer due to the open international environment.The concept and laws of multi-nationality country reflects the values of national legal systems.Many countries are faced with the urgent problem to solve the civil national issues,especially to adjust the national relations through legal means.Since the implementation of the opening and reform policy in China,a newly-established subject,comparative national jurisprudence,is coming into being with the increasing academic exchanges and personal contacts.