鲜卑习惯法与北魏法制的二元特色

北魏法制在中国封建法制建设中具有重要的历史地位.鲜卑习惯法是早期游牧民族法律文化的缩影,也是北魏法制建设的特殊起点.北魏少数民族政权的统治者以封建正统法律思想为指导,用批判的眼光借鉴吸收汉族封建法制经验,有条件地保留、引述鲜卑的民族习惯法,创造性地融会成北魏法律制度.因此,北魏法制始终表现出封建法和民族习惯法的二元特色,它既是民族的,又是时代的;既是继承的,又是发展的.

Xianbei's Common Law and the Dualistic Characteristic of the Legal System of the Northern Wei Dynasty

The legal system of the Northern Wei Dynasty has an important historical status in the Chinese feudalistic legislative System.The common law of Xianbei Ethnic Group is the legal miniature of early nomadic tribes,and is also the special starting point of the Northern Wei legislative framework.Instructed by the orthodox feudalistic legal thought,the Northern Wei rulers learned from the feudalistic legal experiences of the Han nationality,retained part of Xianbei's own common law,and finally created the Dynasty's own legal system.Therefore,the legal system of the Northern Wei Dynasty displays the dualistic characteristic of feudalistic law and the ethnological common law.