法治的基本内涵是权利至上,权力来源于权利并服务于权利,民事正当程序能鲜明地体现权利和权力的良性互动关系。民事程序应用法官的裁判权将权利主体的权利变为现实的利益,在实现权利过程中,程序同时也制约了法官的权力滥用。一、市民社会与法治的基本内涵“市民社会”这一概念虽然产生于西方,在不同的历史环境中会呈现各异的特质,却总体上有着超地域、跨文化的普遍意义及价值。以市场经济为基础,以契约关系为中介,以尊重和保护社会成员的基本权利为前提等是一切市民社会的共同本质特性。以国家与市民社会的二元结构为基础的社会,则 The basic connotation of the rule of law is that the supremacy of rights, the power comes from the rights and serves the rights, and civil due process can clearly reflect the positive interaction between rights and power. The judicatory power of civil procedure application judges turns the rights of rights subjects into the real benefits. In the course of realizing rights, the procedure also restricts judges’ abuse of power. First, the basic connotation of civil society and the rule of law Although the concept of “civil society” originated in the West, will have different characteristics in different historical environments, but generally has the universal significance and value of super-geographical and cross-cultural. It is the common essential characteristic of all civil society based on the market economy, the contractual relationship as an intermediary, the prerequisite for respecting and protecting the basic rights of members of society. The society based on the dual structure of state and civil society then