本文試圖考察近代《大清現行刑律》編纂時期提出的「分別民刑」問題。經過比較前後三個文本:《大清律例》、《大清現行刑律案語》與《欽定大清現行刑律》中戶役、田宅、婚姻、錢債四門所有法條的變化,並分析其修訂之理由,筆者的結論是:儘管當時在法律智識上已經有意識將《大清現行刑律》比附為刑法典,「分別民刑」亦在編纂過程中迭經強調,卻遠非立法中考慮的重點。法律轉型時期,分別民刑的關鍵,不是體現于立法,而是需要到司法中尋繹。
Through the comparative analysis of the concerned “civil” rules’ modification of the successive three legal texts, namely Da Qing Lü Li, Da Qing Xian Xing Xing Lü An Yu and Qin Ding Da Qing Xian Xing Xing Lü, the author finds that the legislators in the late Qing Dynasty had stressed the division of civil law and criminal law during the legislative process, however they did not do much to the issue actually. Perhaps we should try to find the answer in the justice.
分別民刑、《大清現行刑律》
Division of Civil Law and Criminal Law, Da Qing Xian Xing Xing Lü