一、法律性质及其法律体系中国大陆实行的是社会主义制度,是以建设有中国特色社会主义的基本理论为指导的法律,目前已发展到“依法治国,建设社会主义法制国家的新阶段”。香港实行的是资本主义制度,大体上是以个人自由主义思想为指导的法律。从本质意义上说,这两种法律体系以不同的经济基础为根据,维护不同的经济社会制度,体现不同的阶级意志;从形式意义上说,由于香港法律是属于英美法系,遵循以判例法为主的原则,在长期的立法、司法实践中形成了一套适合于香港资本主义经济政治发展需要的法律体系,而内地是在废除旧中国的法 I. Nature of Law and Its Legal System Mainland China has implemented the socialist system and is guided by the basic theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. It has now developed into a new stage of “governing the country according to law and building a socialist country with a legal system” ". Hong Kong practices the capitalist system and is generally governed by individual liberal ideology. In essence, these two legal systems are based on different economic bases, safeguarding different economic and social systems and embodying different class wills. In a formal sense, since Hong Kong law belongs to common law jurisdictions, The principle of law has led to the formation of a legal system suitable for the economic and political development of Hong Kong’s capitalist economy in the long-term legislative and judicial practice. The Mainland is now repealing the law of old China