民法一词的含义,有广义和狭义的区别。狭义的民法,是指民法典而言,即指系统编纂的民事立法文件,在传统民法理论上称之为“形式民法”。我国目前还没有民法典,自今年1月1日起生效的《民法通则》,虽然不是民法典,也可以归类干狭义民法。广义的民法,是指全部民事法律规范的总和。除民法典外,还包括宪法和其他法律中规定的民事法律条款,单行 The meaning of the term civil law, the broad and narrow sense of the difference. Narrow civil law refers to the civil code, which refers to the system of civil legislative documents, in the traditional theory of civil law called “formal civil law.” At present, China does not yet have a civil code and the General Principles of Civil Law, which came into effect on January 1 this year, can be classified as a narrow civil law, though not a civil code. The broad civil law refers to the sum of all the civil law norms. In addition to civil code, but also include the Constitution and other laws set forth in the civil law provisions, a single line