从美国法典化运动的兴衰看我国民法典的体例选择

摘要

The American codification movement experienced a boom at the beginning of development of science of positive law before it went to decline. This fact was caused by many reasons,the most important of which is related to the tradition of a country. The civil law of China has been derived from German civil law since the late period of Qing dynasty. Given the circumstance concerning draft of the civil code, German civil code should be viewed as a main source.%美国法典化运动在法律实证主义发展的初期经历繁荣之后迅速衰落。这并不是偶然的，美国法典化运动的衰落有许多原因，其中最重要的是来自于历史传统方面。我国民法自清末变法开始，便以继受德国民法为主。我国即将制定的民法典仍应以德国民法典为基本蓝本。