在構建和諧社會的視角下設立我國非婚同居法的構想

The Concept of Enactting the Non-marital Cohabitation Law Building a Harmonious Society

非婚同居是人們自主選擇的一種“家庭”生活方式。和諧社會是以人為中心的可持續發展的社會，客觀上要求尊重當事人自主選擇生活方式的權利。現代社會不少國家已將家庭法的調整範圍擴大到某些非婚同居關係，而我國有關調整非婚同居關係的法律規定很簡略。法律應當既肯定當事人選擇非婚同居生活方式的自由，又防範它可能導致的社會問題。建議我國借鑒外國立法經驗，結合中國實際，設立專門的非婚同居法律制度，以期及時預防和處理非婚同居引發的糾紛，保護當事人及其子女的權益，促進和諧社會的構建。

Non-marital cohabitation is one kind of the “family” lifestyle which people independently choose. A harmonious society is that of sustainable development which treats people as its center, and objectively, it requires respecting for people ’s right to choose their lifestyles independently. Many modern countries have extended the scope of family law to certain non-marital cohabitation relationship. However, laws relating to non-marital relationship are very simple in China. The law should recognize the concerned parties’ freedom to choose freely the lifestyle of non-marital cohabitation and also prevent such social problems which it possibly causes. The authors propose that, learning from foreign legislation and also in respect of Chinese reality, the special legal system of non-marital cohabitation should be established, for the purpose of promptly preventing and solving the disputes which non-marital cohabitation may trigger, protecting the rights and interests of the concerned parties and their children, and hence promoting the construction of the harmonious society in China.