Ancient Chinese law has the same historical value as Roman law: it has a profound influence on the construction of Eastern and Western legal systems and is a precious legacy in the history of the development of human legal systems. Ancient Chinese law: based on etiquette, supplemented by virtue and punishment, the content of human ethics was legalized, and the content of punishment highlighted humanitarian concerns. Roman law: The concept of legal system has a strong religious color; distinguishes intentional crimes and negligent crimes; determines punishment based on social status; emphasizes private law over public law. Differences in the historical background of the two major legal systems of ancient Chinese law and Roman law
1. Different political environments: China has been a monarchy-an empire for a long time, and the law has served autocratic rule; ancient Rome was in a * In the political and national stages, the literati are powerful.
2. Different economic foundations: China is based on agriculture, and the natural economy has long dominated; the ancient Roman commodity economy: prosperous and active foreign trade.
3. The power of ideology and culture is different: China takes Confucianism as its orthodoxy and has a humanistic tradition; ancient Roman religious thought affects political life.