比较法的应用和发展,由来已久。中外一些法学家认为:“对不同地区的法律进行比较研究。其历史同法学本身同样古老”。“从比较法学历史上看,比较法学最初是从比较立法开始的”。对不同国家(或地区)的法律制度进行比较研究,起初只是法学的一种研究方法,后来一些学者认为已形成为法学的一门分支学科,称之为比较研究或比较法学。中外 The application and development of comparative law have a long history. Some Chinese and foreign jurists hold the view that “the comparative study of laws in different regions is as old as the law itself.” “From a comparative legal history point of view, comparative jurisprudence initially began with comparative legislation.” A comparative study of the legal systems of different countries (or regions) was only a research method of law at first. Later, some scholars think that it has become a branch of law, which is called comparative study or comparative law. Chinese and foreign