Royal Legislation and Its Moral Limits——A Look at the Orthodoxy of Legislation In History

Studies in Ethics ›› 2003 (2): 58-62.

Royal Legislation and Its Moral Limits——A Look at the Orthodoxy of Legislation In History

CAO Gang

Department of the Law, the People's University of China, Beijing China 100872

Published:2022-02-21

君主立法及其道德限度本文为国家社会科学基金项目“法伦理学研究”(OICZX008)的阶段性研究成果。——关于立法正统性的一个历史视角

曹刚^**

中国人民大学法学院,北京 100872

作者简介:曹刚(1963-),男,湖南吉首大学民族伦理研究所研究人员,中国人民大学法学院博士后。主要研究方向为中国法律思想史、法伦理学。

Abstract

Abstract: The orthodoxy of legislation refers to people's moral consent and acceptance of the legislative rights, legislative implementation and legislative consequences of the ruling classes. In traditional society of China, the orthodoxyof legislation is based on Confucianism. However, when royal legislation got itsorthodoxy from Confucianism, it got limited at the same time by the latter. Theresult is that the orthodoxy of royal legislation had never been questioned, while the law was also widely ignored.

Key words: legislation, orthodoxy, unity of Kings and Wise Men, moral limits

摘要： 立法正统性是指人们对统治者立法权的获得、行使及其产品的道德认可和信从。中国传统社会君主立法的正统性来源于儒家意识形态,尤其存在于儒家圣贤人格的设计中,即通过由圣转王、圣王一体来确保君主立法的道德合法性。

关键词: 立法, 正统性, 圣王一体, 道德限度

CLC Number:

B82-051

CAO Gang. Royal Legislation and Its Moral Limits——A Look at the Orthodoxy of Legislation In History[J]. Studies in Ethics, 2003(2): 58-62.

曹刚. 君主立法及其道德限度本文为国家社会科学基金项目“法伦理学研究”(OICZX008)的阶段性研究成果。——关于立法正统性的一个历史视角[J]. 伦理学研究, 2003(2): 58-62.