Beneficial Effects of Ethnic Groups'Legal Cultures in Facilitating the Participation of People's Courts in Social Governance and Diversified Dispute Resolution
The ethnic groups'legal cultures,which have evolved over a long period of time in ethnic regions,encompass specific cognitive concepts,modes of thinking,behavioral habits,and pursuit of values.These legal cultures are closely associated with the groups'personal sentiments,adhere to principles of modesty and restraint,and contain the groups'ethic norms along with the concepts of honor and disgrace.Against the backdrop of people's courts actively fulfilling their duties in comprehensively promoting the prevention and resolution of disputes,as well as the governance of litigation sources,it is imperative to carry forward the spirit of ethnic groups'legal cultures and integrate them with modern rule-of-law concepts,thereby further stimulating the intrinsic motivation for resolving a wide range of conflicts and disputes.This is also an essential guarantee for achieving effective governance and resolving contradictions and conflicts.More efforts should be made to eradicate the narrow clan ideologies,bridge the gap between modern rule-of-law concepts and ethnic groups'legal cultures,cultivate as many as specialized legal professionals in ethnic regions,improve supportive and collaborative mechanisms,elevate the legal literacy of rural inhabitants,and invigorate the vitality of legal cultures.By doing so,the integration of self-governance,moral governance,rule-of-law governance,and intelligent governance can be realized,thus offering value guidance and cultural guarantee for the resolution of diversified conflicts and social governance in ethnic regions.
ethnic groups'legal culturesgovernance of litigation sourcescollaborative mechanismsresolution of diversified disputes