Christianity Religious Belief And Western Legal Law Notion

Almost all of the legal people bear in mind Berman's phrase"the law must be believed in, or it will exist in name only.""But let the justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."This is the Christianity ideal of the rule of law. Human beings need faith and ideals. The history of Christianity in the Western legal system plays a very important role, also because people in western society in general all believe in the Christianity faith, religion faith makes the legal law a reality in western society. The key for western rule of law is that they have a virtuous belief. In the process of development, Christianity has the significant influence on the theories of the rights protection, the authority restriction, people sovereignty and the constitution to the superior. The spirit of contract in the Bible and the concept of freedom of contract in ancient Roman society not only promoted the emergence and development of commodity economy in late Middle ages, but also contributed to the formation of the concept of popular sovereignty. Christianity belief in the"original sin"theory,"faith justice"and faith doctrine are fitting the development of commodity economy, resulting in a modern law of the right to equality, freedom and the concept of constitutional supremacy and other rights. The power of thought inherited by the Christian church, including the secular power in the part of legislative and judicial powers of the executive, Christianity provides a psychological and historical basis for the modern doctrine of separation of powers and the establishment of decentralized system in the western countries.The western rule of law is inextricably linked with Christianity. Without Christianity, it would be hard to imagine what it is like with that of western society. This thesis based on the topic of "Christianity belief and the western legal". In this thesis, I had researched on the relationship between the Christianity religion and the formation of the Western legal, in my writing process; some inspirations have jumped into my mind. In my opinion, we should pay more attention to the active part that religion plays. In our current situation of establishment, we must give full play the positive role of religion.