A Study on the Fundamental Nature of Legal Education: Drawing from the Perspective of Chinese Traditional Legal Culture
- 1 School of Liberal Arts and Law, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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 18 th 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 cons ciousness, rights consciousness, equality consciousness, integrity c onsc iousness, and rational spirit through cultural education. Traditional leg al culture provides valuable cultural support to students by enhancing their understanding of legal ideas, cultivating them further, and ultimately embracing them.
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