吳佩林《清代縣域民事糾紛與法律秩序考察》評介

An Introduction to Wu Peilin “Civil Disputes and Legal Order in Counties in Qing Dynasty”

清代州縣民事糾紛及其處斷是近年來中國法律史學界熱議的話題。特別是隨著地方檔案的整理與開放，學者對該話題的探究逐步走向深入。吳佩林先生的《清代縣域民事糾紛與法律秩序考察》是近年來本領域中的一本力作。該著首先回顧了近三十年來的清代法律史研究進展，並著重介紹了主要檔案的整理狀況。其後，該著主要以南部縣檔案為依據，對清代地方社會的訴訟實態與訴訟中的若干細節問題做了詳細研究。在此基礎之上，作者總結了清代州縣在處置民事訴訟中以追求社會秩序的最大程度恢復的宗旨與思路。

In recent years, Chinese legal historians have been discussing the topic of civil disputes and its solution in the Qing Dynasty. The availability of county archives contributed a lot to the research on the topic. Wu Peilin’s “Civil Disputes and Legal Order in Counties in Qing Dynasty” is one of the outstanding works which focus on this filed. The book firstly reviews the development of the research on legal history in Qing Dynasty, and introduces the situation of the arrangement of important county archives. Then the book discusses the actual state of civil litigation and its details among counties in Qing Dynasty. At last, professor Wu summarizes the counties officers’ aim and thinking in dealing with civil procedure. The book holds the opinion that the county officers care the most about the recovery of social order.