当今学术界对民族法学的研究对象及其学科体系等相关内容仍有争论。民族法学是法学的一门独立的分支学科,是民族区域自治制度向纵深发展的需要,民族法学学科体系具有十分重要的现实针对性和可行性。宋才发教授在民族法学领域的贡献不仅在于他提出和论证了民族法学学科体系,还在于他致力于对少数民族经济法的长期研究,率先构建中国少数民族经济法研究体系。 There is still controversy in the academic circles about the research object of ethnic jurisprudence and its disciplinary system. National law is an independent branch of law, which is the need of the regional autonomy of ethnic minorities to develop in depth. The subject system of ethnics jurisprudence has very important realistic pertinence and feasibility. Professor Song Caifa’s contribution in the field of ethnics not only lies in his presenting and arguing the system of ethnics jurisprudence, but also in his long-term research on the economic law of ethnic minorities and the first to build the research system of economic law in China’s ethnic minorities.