以民法制度为基础而建立的公证制度,通过配合、维护、促进民法制度的实施和贯彻,在社会信用建设方面。也发挥着独特的作用。那么,它具体起到怎样的作用呢?笔者认为,社会中任何一种特定的制度,只能在特定范围发挥特定的作用,公证的作用同样也是有限的,关键是找准这一有限的范围,唯其如此,才能充分发挥它应有的作用,否则,大而无当,可能本应发挥的作用都不能有效发挥。每当考虑这一问题时,笔者总是想起梅因在《古代法》一书中 The notary system established on the basis of the civil law system, through cooperation, maintenance and promotion of the implementation and implementation of the civil law system, is in the aspect of building social credit. Also play a unique role. So, what exactly does it do? In my opinion, any particular system in society can only play a specific role in a specific scope. The notary role is also limited. The key is to find out the limited scope Only in this way can we give full play to its due role. Otherwise, we can not play a role that we should have played effectively. Whenever I consider this issue, I always think of Maine in “Ancient Law” in a book