摘要
本文為法界耆宿姚瑞光先生法律生涯紀述，資料主要來源自作者與姚瑞光先生的面談記錄及其自撰《法律生涯七十年》。姚先生之七十年法律生涯，既有平常處──姚先生無特出時代之煌煌法學巨著或手持國柄鼎定國家法制大策，只是一堅守法治之法律人；然更有不平常處：身為擇善固執之法律人，職業生涯橫跨二個世紀，逾越之歷史時代更無論矣，姚先生實為中華百年來法史演進之參與者與見證人。此不平常處更為一代法律人之不畏艱難地積極創建理想法治國之整體縮影。因此，透過姚先生之口述個人史，闡述一代法律人之經歷，探研百年來中華法制步步歷程，可從中明瞭法律人之堅定法治信念、守望法治昌盛之艱辛。而中華的法治發達程度，已悄然在此種努力下達至「已在燈火闌珊處」之境界矣。
The purpose of this paper is to record and evaluate the legal career of Mr. Juikuang Yao. The source of information is from the interview between me and Mr. Yao, and also Mr. Yao's autobiography of The Seventy Years of My Legal Life. In his seventy years of legal life, he was both a general and distinguished man. He did not write a single famous law work in his lifetime, and also did not have the legislative power. He was just a guardian of the rule of law. Nevertheless, he was really a participant and witness of the progress of law in the recent hundred years. From Mr. Yao's legal life, we can see the process of the reform in legal system, the faith on the rule of law, and the hardness on this road. In the light of such kind of endeavor, the legal system was more and more complete.
關鍵詞
姚瑞光、法律生涯、口述史
Juikuang Yao、the legal life、oral history