少数民族习惯法：构建西部和谐社会的法治源泉——一种法律人类学的阐释

构建西部和谐社会，必须立足于西部少数民族的特殊情况。法律人类学认为，法律具有维持秩序和社会控制的本性，具有解决纠纷的作用，具有文化性。西部少数民族地区因其发展的历史惯性到目前仍然践行着丰富的传统习惯法规范，而这些习惯法规范天然地内含着实现人与自然和谐、互惠与合作、符合公正和效益目标和多元纠纷处理机制等诸多构建和谐的因素。提取和升华这些积极因素，少数民族习惯法与国家制定法是可以协调、整合和良性互动的，从而成为构建西部和谐社会的坚实法治源泉。

Customary law of the minorities: resources for rule of law and social harmony in western China:an interpretation based on legal anthropology

To construct harmonious society in western China must take the special conditions there into account. Legal anthropology holds that law is to maintain social order and resolve disputes, influenced by culture. In the western minority areas, lots of traditional customary laws and norms are still ob- served because of the historical inertia of development. These customary laws and norms contain many harmonious factors including the idea of human being in harmony with nature, mutual benefit and co- operation, justice- and efficiency-orientation, and multiple dispute resolution mechanisms. They might be further refined so that they conform to and interact with the country＇s laws, constituting the reliable resources for rule of law and social harmony in western China.