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How to treat the legal differences between East and West?

Similarities: In the development process of ancient eastern and western legal systems, there is a remarkable feature, and they all embarked on the road of codification, from customary law to written law. 1, these codes are all original laws that combine various laws, regardless of civil punishment, or ancient laws and other miscellaneous laws that focus on civil punishment. The legislative technology is backward and barbaric, and there is homomorphic revenge, which is bloody to some extent. 2, natural law thought, attached to the divine power to convince everyone.

Difference: 1, different recipients of divine power. The difference between human power and divine power in the west is even greater. 2. The West regards law as the main law governing the country; Focus on private law: reconcile the contradiction between civilians and nobles; The national color is stronger and more equal; The subject of law is its own people, excluding the conquered and slaves; In the east, law is regarded as the secondary law of governing the country; Emphasize criminal law; Pay attention to the big picture, the country's strong governance and long-term stability; Strong autocracy and centralization; Hierarchy, the law includes all people.