陈光中在《法制日报》撰文说,党的十八届三中、四中全会对如何建没法治国家作出了总体部署和具体安排,现在正在具体贯彻落实之中。置身于法治建设大潮之中,我正在思考着下面几个有关的问题。第一,法治与民主的关系。法治是国家治理现代化的一个基本标志当代国家的法治是以民主为前提的。不论中国还是西方,自古以来就有先哲提倡法治,而且我国古代法家讲法治是相当经典到位的。现代的法治与古代法治的本质区别就在于要不要民主。中国古代的法治是为君主专制服务的,而我们的法治是以人民当家作主为前提,是为人民服务的,这是一个根本性的区别。第二,要进一步完善我国的法 Chen Guangzhong wrote in the “Legal Daily” that the general arrangements and specific arrangements for how to build a non-law-ruled state are being implemented in the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee. In the tide of the rule of law, I am thinking about the following issues. First, the relationship between the rule of law and democracy. The rule of law is a basic symbol of the modernization of state governance The rule of law in contemporary countries is premised on democracy. Both China and the West have advocated the rule of law since ancient times, and the ancient legalists in China talk about the rule of law in a fairly classical way. The essential difference between the modern rule of law and the ancient rule of law lies in the necessity of democracy. In ancient China, the rule of law was dedicated to monarchy. Our rule of law is based on the premise of the people being the masters of our country and serving the people. This is a fundamental difference. Second, we must further improve our law