所谓哈尼族习惯法的起源即指在哈尼族这一社会群体中习惯法产生的可能途径,表现为哈尼族社会习惯法的预备库或半成品。从哈尼族社会的实际情况来看,研究其法律起源的问题是一个十分困难的工作。首先,哈尼族直至解放前并无本民族文字,因而缺乏使用文字来记载本民族历史文化及法的产生、演变的客观记录和描述的重要工具;其次,哈尼族历史上并未出现成文法,习惯法仍然是主要的表现形式,因而并不存在一个 The origin of the so-called Hani customary law refers to the possible ways in which the customary law arises in the Hani community. It manifests as a preparatory warehouse or semi-finished product of customary law of the Hani community. From the reality of the Hani society, it is a very difficult task to study the issue of its legal origin. First of all, the Hani nation did not have its own national language until the liberation, so it lacks the important tools of using words to record the objective records and descriptions of the birth and evolution of its own history, culture and law. Secondly, there is no written law or custom in the Hani history Law is still the main form of expression, and therefore does not exist one