On Dong Biwu's Legal System Thought For Ethnical Affairs

In his sixty years'revolutionary and constructional period of China, especially before and after the foundation of PR of China when the policy of the Party occupied an leading position under the special historical background, regarding legal view of Marxism as guidance, Dong Biwu explored untiringly how to build the socialist legal system for ethnical affairs, comparatively and systematically put forward a series of scientific theories that can stand the test of time and practice, which enriched the law science of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong's thought. At present, the specialists mainly study Dong Biwu's legal system thought in the fields of the thought of constitutional system, judicial thought, the thought of abiding by the law, the thought of education of law science, etc. Based on the above, the thesis studies the forming and development, basic content and value of Dong Biwu's legal system thought for ethnical affairs systematically, regarding handling the ethnical affairs in accordance with the law as the main thread.This thesis is divided into three parts: The first part is about the forming and development of Dong Biwu's legal system thought for ethnical affairs. The theatrical sources of his ethnical legal system thought include: Legal theory of Marxism and Mao Zedong's Thought. His thought has gone through two stages: (1) Before the foundation of the Peoples Republic of China;(2) After the foundation of the Peoples Republic of China.The second part is covering the basic content of Dong Biwu's ethnical affairs legal system thought. There are four points discussed as the followings: 1. The People's Congress System. 2. The Regional Autonomous System 3. The equality and unity of ethnical groups. 4. The education of the ethnical leaders.The third part is involved in the evaluation and analysis of the value of Dong Biwu's legal system thought for ethnical affairs. His thought has important theatrical value, which enriches the law science of Mao Zedong's Thought and becomes the sources for the regional autonomous system. It also has a great practical meaning, which can be used for the construction of ethnical legal system in multinational nations as well as the construction of the socialism harmonious society today.Finally the limitations due to the times features and its corresponding influences on Dong Biwu's legal system for ethnical affairs are mentioned.