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1、宗教对西方法律思想形成的影响（Theinfluenceofreligionontheformationofthewesternlegalthought）TheinfluenceofreligionontheformationofWesternLegalThoughtReadthelawandreligionQingtiancourtNiuWenjunAtthisstage,Chinaregardstheruleoflawasalegalideal,andhopestograduallyestablishasocietyruledbylaw.However,thel
2、awcannotbewellbelievedinthewholesociety.Ithasbeenabandonedandforgottenagainandagain."Thelawmustbebelieved,oritwillbeinthenameofnothing."theideaof1tellsusthatoncethelawisnotbelieved,theidealsoftheruleoflawsocietywillbecomecastlesintheairandwillnotberealized.Howisthelawbelievedbythepeop
3、le,andhowdoeseveryonemakeasincerereverenceforandtrustinthelaw?Thisproblem,weshouldlookatitinordertogetexperiencefromthedevelopmentofWesternlaw.ThelawswerenotwellunderthebeliefintheChinese,comparedwiththewesterndevelopmentoftheruleoflawcanbeseeninoneoftheveryimportantreasonisthelackofa
4、ChinesesinceancienttimessimilartoWesternreligiousbeliefisthelackoflegalreligioussoil.TheauthorbelievesthatthereligioussoilplaysavitalroleinthedevelopmentofWesternruleoflawandtheformationofthelegaltradition.Therefore,thisarticlewillfocusonthereligiousbackgroundofwesternlegaltradition.O
5、nthewesternlegaltraditionofreligiousbackground,theAmericanprofessorBerman's"legalandreligious"inadetailedandauthoritativeexposition.Inthe"legalandreligious",ProfessorBermandiscussesindetailinthelawofreligion,Christianinfluenceonthedevelopmentofwesternlaw,andthedevelopmentofthelawinflu
6、encedbythereligionofthefuturelauncheddescription.Firstofall,ProfessorBermananalyzesthelawandreligionintheceremony,traditionalsimilarity,authority,universalityandconclude:"thelawandreligionboth;ifyouwantaprosperity,notbadlaws,wecannothavenormalweightXingritual,tradition,authorityanduni
7、versalityisessentiallyreligiousdevotionpassion".2secondly,heanalyzedtheinfluenceofChristianityonthedevelopmentofwesternlawfromtheangleofhistory:fromtheemperorofRomewhoconvertedtoChristianityinthebeginningoffourthCenturytothemedievalChristiandominated,andthendeclineChristianenlightenme
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