TITLE:
A Study on the Fundamental Nature of Legal Education: Drawing from the Perspective of Chinese Traditional Legal Culture
AUTHORS:
Geyu Sheng
KEYWORDS:
Chinese Traditional Legal Culture, Rules of Legal Education, Key Essence of Legal Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.14 No.12,
December
15,
2023
ABSTRACT: The “Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of China on Several Major Issues of Comprehensively Promoting the Rule of
Law,” ratified by the 18th CPC Central Committee’s Fourth Plenary
Session, integrates the concept of “rule of law education” into the curriculum
of the entire nation’s educational system. It underlines the importance of
ensuring that this education helps the younger generation first and foremost.
Following this, the concepts of “five education”, which include “moral,
intellectual, physical, and beauty” teaching, have gained widespread
acceptance. In a report co-authored by the Ministry of Education and other
relevant agencies, “legal education” and “rules of legal education” are defined
as independent academic curricula. The legendary old Chinese legal culture is
regarded to be the cornerstone of legal education. The legal education process
blends the principles of subject consciousness,
rights consciousness, equality consciousness, integrity consciousness, and rational spirit through cultural
education. Traditional legal culture provides valuable cultural support
to students by enhancing their understanding of legal ideas, cultivating them
further, and ultimately embracing them.