A Study On Evolution Rule Of Federal Mainstream Law Thoughts

Federal Mainstream Law Thoughts refers to the guiding thoughts of legal system of the time in different historic periods of Chinese Federal Society, which determined the fundamental attribute of legal system, ratified and accepted by ruling class and intelligentsia or even by most of social masses. In the Federal Society the development sequence of mainstream law thoughts was very clear. It experienced several significant evolutions in Qin Dynasty of Warring States, in the outset and mid-term of the Western Han Dynasty when thoughts of Legalists, Huang and Lao, Confucianists became ruling mainstream law thoughts by terns. These movements showed distinct timeframe, and followed certain pattern, that is, the evolvement of law thoughts must always be highly synchronal with development of history, the theory and thought system of mainstream should be kept on developing and perfecting, and it must matched cultural tradition of China. In addition, the evolution of mainstream law thoughts also reflected the changes of value orients. Different schools emphasized different aspects of law thoughts, and along with evolution of mainstream law thoughts the value orient of dominators changed. In Qin Dynasty of Warring States utilitarian value orient was popular, in the outset stage of Western Han Dynasty the value of follow-the-nature was celebrated, determined the direction and character of practice, after mid Western Han Dynasty value orient of focusing on people and moral last through the mid and final stage of federal society. Help by study on mainstream law thoughts of federal china, we can deeper our understanding of contents, attributes, evolution rules of federal mainstream law thoughts , and why it was never interrupted for thousands of years, and find out from it some interior strength for modern development of law civilization.