中国古代承揽契约论略--兼论明清江南棉布字号产业之法律调整

至迟出现于宋代的承揽契约是中国古代商品经济发达的重要表征,其外延与内涵与今时之承揽契约略有差异,但其实质功能则别无二致.本文集约相关史料,从名义考辩、法律关系、法律调整三方面探讨传统中国(主要集中于明、清时期江南棉布行业)承揽契约产生之历史前提及其协调功能,进而说明承揽契约实施过程中官府、定作人、承揽人三者之间的互动关系以及民间习惯法与官府成文法之间既相互包容又相互拒斥的历史成因.

On Undertaking Contracts in Ancient China

On the basis of summing up the historical materials concerned, this paper probes into the essential historical premise and the applied force of the undertaking contracts in ancient China, and then attempts to expound the mutual relation among the feudal official, trustee and the entrustment, moreover, to analyze the mutual influence between the non-governmental common law and the governmental written law.