Meaning Of Folk Law

There exist Folk law and folk order outside the national law. Chinese ancient Folk Law play a very important role for social governance. How to keep the Folk Law save and apply in the contemporary legal society, which has been debate for a long time. In Ming and Qing Dynasties of Huizhou region, it was common to see different kinds of mountain and forest land disputes happened in people’s daily life.Folk Law, such as local rules and family rules were generally applicable in such disputes. Civil disputes were often solved by Civil mediation. Folk Law also had a huge impact on the official judgment objectively. From the use of Folk Law in Huizhou mountain and forest land disputes, we can see that Folk Low indeed played an important role in the governance of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In contemporary society, civil law is still necessary for its existence. Traditional family rules, local rules or religious revival have began revival in the rural community. The new values and the old moral influence each other all the time. Folk law is maintaining the stability of our society together with the state law in a new look.