Necessity and Possibility of SoftLaw in Homestead Management——A case study of S village,Zhejiang Province
The regulation of homestead rights and interests involves the fundamental welfare of farmers to settle down and live.The traditional management methods can not fulfill it and produce many chaos,while the entry of soft law into the vision of public governance has attracted attention.Based on the relevant litera-ture of soft law and homestead management,the dependent variables such as ownership registration rate and dispute resolution,independent variables such as information access and dispute resolution,are set for analysis in combination with the survey data and interview records of S village in Zhejiang province.It is found that there are falsely high registration rate and hidden management problems;there are recurrent homestead disputes which are complex and diversified;there is a high satisfaction with homestead man-agement,but lack of democratic consciousness.In terms of necessity,the application of soft law can im-prove the registration rate of right confirmation,help to prevent and settle the homestead disputes.In terms of possibility,it has application foundation in system,organization and the mass.Based on the a-bove,it is suggested to improve township regulations and civil conventions,set up homestead co-manag-ers to help the application of soft law in homestead management.