香港法律文化的縮影－－《2008年道路交通法例（修訂）條例》誕生記

The Epitome of Legal Culture of Hong Kong: Birth of Road Traffic Legislation (Amendment) Ordinance 2008

法律文化是人們所持有的關於法律的信念、態度、價值和觀點，它就像一座擁有許多房間及柺角的大廈，而且這座大廈還往往頻繁地進行裡外裝修，因此，任何研究均不可能在同一時間內全方位地“捕捉”所有有關這一大廈的圖景。在這個意義上，任何對法律文化進行一般敘事的學術努力均有其局限性，而個案分析的方法也未必不是可取的研究路徑。本文通過對香港特別行政區《2008年道路交通法例（修訂）條例》的誕生過程進行描繪和分析，帶領讀者“參與”立法過程，並據此感悟具象、活潑的香港法律文化。

Legal culture-- the ideas, attitudes, values and opinions about law held by people in a society-- can be liken to a large building with many rooms and corners, which is continually decorated inside and outside. Thus, it is impossible to catch images of all parts of this building from all different angles in one treatise. In this sense, any general narrative has its limitations and a case study may be advisable. By describing and analysing the birth of Road Traffic Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2008 of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), this paper is an attempt to lead the readers to “participate” in the legislative process so that they can savor the legal culture of Hong Kong.