The core values of socialism are the concentrated embodiment of the spirit of contemporary China, condense the common value pursuit of all people, are the soul of the country's strong and prosperous development, and are also the key elements to improve the legal literacy of the whole people, and are an important guide to promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. The ideological function of the core socialist values has been fully reflected in the rule of law and the construction of the rule of law, and it is necessary to vigorously promote the core socialist values to promote legal education in the new era.
Legal education cultivates legal professionals for social and economic development, and cultivates legal talents with profound humanistic spirit, critical and creative legal thinking, and high-quality and high-quality legal personality for the construction of the country's rule of law. In February this year, the "Opinions on Strengthening Legal Education and Legal Theory Research in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") issued by the General Office and the General Office of the Communist Party of China pointed out that in order to meet the new requirements of the construction of the rule of law, it is necessary to strengthen the discipline construction and development of education and law, run ideological and political work through the entire process of legal education and teaching, and strengthen education on ideals and beliefs and education on socialist core values. Legal education is not only an applied science to carry out vocational education, but also a humanities science that grasps quality education, so it is necessary to attach great importance to the cultivation and practice of the core socialist values.
The core socialist values should be integrated into all aspects of social life and manifested in daily social life. Legal education should guide students to deeply explore the ideological value and spiritual connotation contained in law.
Integrating the core socialist values into the legal education system can not only cultivate more legal professionals with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, ensure that the formulation and implementation of laws can meet the new requirements of the development of the country and the times, but also create a good social atmosphere and humanistic environment for the realization of comprehensive rule of law.
Good law and good governance are important means to achieve fairness, justice, harmony and stability, and are also an important embodiment of practicing the core values of socialism. The core values of socialism have entered the legal system through articles or value orientations, and have been integrated into all aspects of social life "as a whole" rather than "individually". Laws and regulations always invisibly change social practices and affect social value judgments. It is with the help of a full and complete theoretical system of socialist core values that legal education in the new era institutionalizes and standardizes the core value theories that are generally known and recognized by the public, and internalizes them into a conscious character and habit after repeated practice, thus enhancing the self-confidence, sense of identity and cohesion of the Chinese nation.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out: "Adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with ethics, and integrate the core socialist values into the construction of the rule of law, into social development, and into daily life." "Legal education bears the important task of helping the construction of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, and the incorporation of the core socialist values into laws and regulations provides a premise for value judgment for legal argumentation. The conflict of values and the balance of interests in legal norms reflect the importance of the guidance of socialist core values. For example, the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China includes "promoting the core socialist values" in Article 1, highlighting that the legislative purpose of the Civil Code and the inherent value system embodied in it are highly consistent with the core socialist values, and reflect the high degree of unity between the party's propositions and the people's will.
Legal education should pay attention to humanistic care and respect and protection for people. In order for the core socialist values to play a real role, they must be integrated into social life, so that members of society can internalize them in their hearts and externalize them in their actions. Through teaching design, legal education deeply excavates the ideological value and spiritual connotation contained in legal knowledge, explores the depth and temperature of legal knowledge, and integrates the legal knowledge system with the connotation of socialist core values. Under the guidance of the core values of socialism, legal education in the new era has always taken what to cultivate, how to cultivate people, and for whom to train people as the fundamental issues, so that knowledge transfer and moral construction can be promoted in tandem, and legal professionals who can help the people in the world and study both morality and law can be cultivated, so as to realize the fundamental task of legal education to establish morality and cultivate people.
Integrating the core socialist values into legal education can make up for the deviations and omissions caused by empiricism and build a consensus on values.
Jurisprudence is an empirical science, and the core values of socialism are its stable spiritual core. Law is a product of reason, a logical experience. Compared with mechanically applying and copying legal provisions, it is necessary to conduct case-by-case analysis based on trial experience to understand the facts of the case and social facts, and to make value judgments behind legislation. Experience is the knowledge and skills summarized and refined in a large number of legal practices, which can be used as a supplement to logical analysis, but the determination based on experience alone often falls into subjectivism, and the accumulation of legal experience requires a stable spiritual core.
Each era has its own spirit and values, and the core values of socialism are consistent with the Chinese law and culture, have a stable value orientation and judgment standards, and carry the spiritual pursuit of the country and the nation. As a stable spiritual core, the core values of socialism can ensure a high degree of unity in people's awareness of the rule of law, the spirit of the rule of law, and the concept of the rule of law in the construction of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics and legal education in the new era.
Legal education should not only cultivate legal practice experience, but also pay attention to accurately grasping the spiritual core conveyed by laws or legal principles in practice. The integration of the core socialist values into legal education can run through the provisions of the law, highlight the main line of values, reach a consensus on value judgments, make the concept of the rule of law deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and urge people to consciously act in accordance with the law.
Legal education in the new era should carry forward the core socialist values and guide students to firmly establish a sense of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The "Opinions" point out that the working principle of legal education is: "Adhere to and strengthen the party's overall leadership, and ensure that legal education and legal theory research always advance in the correct political direction." "Legal education plays an important role in promoting the comprehensive rule of law, and it is necessary to ensure that the direction is correct and the thinking is advanced. The core values of socialism can be further explained, expressed and systematized in legal education, which is an important guarantee for the correct development of legal education.
In the new stage of development, it is inevitable that some conflicts of thought and concepts will arise. Education plays a fundamental role in consolidating the foundation and strengthening the foundation, and legal education is not only related to personal development, but also to the long-term peace and stability of the country. Legal education in the new era needs to carry forward the core values of socialism and realize the organic combination of knowledge impartation, ability training and character shaping. At the same time, it is necessary to build a general pattern of all-round education for all employees and the whole process, guide students to pay attention to and understand national strategies and social realities, strengthen ideals and beliefs, improve moral cultivation, political identity and family and country feelings, create more high-quality legal talents in the new era, and cultivate socialist builders and people.
As we embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way, legal education should help students face the world, keep the world in mind, and firmly establish a sense of community with a shared future for mankind. The "Opinions" pointed out: "Persist in combining Marxist rule of law theory with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional legal culture, summarize the laws of socialist rule of law practice with Chinese characteristics, draw on the beneficial achievements of the world's rule of law civilization, and promote the high-quality development of legal education and legal theory research." "The law is not a rigid and rigid provision, but contains the wisdom and philosophy of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. The core values of socialism not only provide value guidance for ideals, beliefs, morals, and character from the three levels of individuals, society, and the country, but also provide important support for China to maintain its national spiritual independence in the turmoil of world culture. The integration of the core socialist values into legal education not only imprints the profound imprint of the spirit of the Chinese nation on legal education, but also embodies the common values of all mankind, promotes exchanges and communication between China and the world, and promotes the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Centennial plan, education-oriented. Legal education in the new era is an important part of cultivating high-quality legal talents, and an important factor in the implementation of comprehensive law-based governance. The promotion of the core values of socialism is a strong foundation for the steady and far-reaching development of legal education in the new era, and a basic project to unite the soul and strengthen the foundation.
Authors: Feng Ke Wang Zhu is from the Law School of Sichuan University, and this article is the result of the New Century Higher Education Teaching Reform Project of Sichuan University [SCU8090].