中南财经政法大学法律史研究所创办一个以研究中西法律传统的特征及其沟通为宗旨的学术刊物,这是法律史学园中的一个不大不小的创举。编者嘱我作一篇序言,我欣然同意,特抒发以下意见,以为引介。中国法律传统,是世界法制文明史上的一个独特的传统。这一传统,几千年未曾中断,也未见明显的外族法制文明因素的掺 Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Institute of Legal History founded a study of the characteristics of traditional Chinese and Western legal traditions and communication for the purpose of academic journals, which is legal history park in a small initiative. Editor asked me to make a preface, I am pleased to agree, especially to express the following opinions, that cited. The Chinese legal tradition is a unique tradition in the history of world legal civilization. This tradition has not been interrupted for thousands of years and no apparent overthrow of the civilized legal system civilization has been found