2014年年底,跨行政区划法院辖区改革呼声正隆之时,《清华法律评论》公众微信平台推出“他山之石”系列文章,介绍域外司法辖区与行政区划之关系。逾半年沉淀,该系列得以深化为中外比较法研究。议题之外,在研究方法、态度,也不失为一种尝试与思考。传统的比较法大师须是精通多国语言、学贯中西的不世出之才,可遇而不可求。当代,不少研究者的视野或因语言等障碍而受限,本专题亦属此类。若仅从自己熟悉法域切入,难免有以偏概全之嫌;若援用无力查证的二手文献,又 At the end of 2014, when the voice of reform across the administrative divisions and courts was Zhenglong, the public WeChat platform of “Tsinghua Law Review” launched a series of articles entitled “Stone of Other Mountains” to introduce the relationship between extra-jurisdictional jurisdictions and administrative divisions. After more than half a year of precipitation, the series has been deepened as a comparative study of Chinese and foreign countries. In addition to the topics, it is an attempt and reflection in studying methods and attitudes. The traditional masters of comparative law must be proficient in many languages, and learn the essence of both Chinese and Western cultures. In the contemporary era, many researchers are limited in their horizons or due to obstacles such as language. This topic also falls into this category. If only from their own familiar with the law into the field, it is inevitable that partial suspicion; if the use of second-hand literature can not be verified, and