名称、内容和性质――“现行律民事有效部分”的三点辨正

“现行律民事有效部分”是民初大理院一种主要而又特殊的民事法源，其名称、内容和性质是揭示该法源特殊性的基础和关键。深入研究发现，其在当时无专门确定的名称，综合考量相关因素，“现行律民事有效部分”为其最允当之名称；其内容范围，亦非统一明确，须通过司法机关的适用才能确定；其性质，不能简单地论定为制定法，它是在民初特殊的法制条件下，一种须通过司法进行确认的制定法。“现行律民事有效部分”的名称、内容和性质呈现出不确定性，是由其特殊的来源和当时的政治大环境造成的。这一法源所关涉的不仅是立法问题，还是司法问题。
“The Effective Sections of the Current Law on Civil Issues”is aprimaryand special source of civil law in early Republic of China(1912-1928), its name, content and natureplay key roles in revealing the particularity of the source. Further studies indicated that there was no unified name on this legal source, “The Effective Sections of the Current Law on Civil Issues”should be the most appropriate name by considering factors,such as its particularity, text and grammar, time features and judicial practice. Its contenthas stayed undefined, and it should be affirmed by judicial application. In nature, itcan not be simply defined as the statue law or case law, it was, however, a sort of statue law which need to be confirmed by judicature, under the special legal system in early Republic of China. The reason why The Effective Sections in Current Laws on Civil Issues shows uncertainty on its name, content and nature, etc., is their special sources and political environment. The legal source is not only a matter of legislation, but also a judicial one.