《中华人民共和国立法法》已于九届全国人大三次审议通过,从2000年7月1日起施行。立法法是一部基本法律,是一部宪法性法律。该法律的颁布施行,对规范立法活动,完善立法制度,发展社会主义民主,促进依法治国,建设社会主义法治国家,将起到重要的积极作用。现就立法法的主要内容作些简要介绍。一、为什么要制定立法法党的十一届三中全会以来,我国的立法工作取得了很大的成绩,为什么要在这个时候制定立法法?对此,可以从以下两个方面来认 The Legislation Law of the People’s Republic of China has been passed through the Third Session of the Ninth National People’s Congress for three times and will come into force on July 1, 2000. Legislation Law is a basic law and a constitutional law. The promulgation and implementation of this law will play an important and positive role in regulating legislative activities, improving the legislative system, developing socialist democracy, promoting governing the country according to law and building a socialist country ruled by law. Here is a brief introduction to the main contents of the legislative law. First, why we have made great achievements in the legislative work of our country since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPC Legislature was formed? Why should we enact the legislative law at this time? In this regard, we can recognize from the following two aspects