本文从一场关于“地方法制”的规范性讨论说起，认为“地方法制”的规范性讨论绕不开“法治”这一内核概念。即使采取稳妥的“地方法制”说法，也是在“法治”的领域之中。因此，该场讨论的核心实际上在于“地方法治”概念本身能否成立。但坚持限权、护权的法治理想立场时，对治理现实的判断，还是会使得理论回归的国家的、统合的法治上来。就“承包型法治”、“治权自主”理论而言：前者以工具主义的视角描述一种我国的政治实践，并非对法治恰当的理解途径；后者试图为地方的自主行为找到新的论证基础，可本质是关于“国家授权、地方自主理解”的循环论证。如果说，非要为困境中的地方法制概念找一条能谈论规范性的出路的话，只有从“以法治为目标的地方法制”说起。可由于无法明确描述性的“地方”概念包容于“法治”内核中，我们只能宣告：“此路暂时不通”。

The thesis starts with a discussion about the normalization of “Local Rule of Law” concept. In our opinion, the concept of “Rule of Law” is the core of this discussion since the more balanced theory of “Local Law Ruling System” also falls under the umbrella of “Rule of Law”. Therefore, the key point of this discussion centers around whether the concept of “Regional Rule of Law” would be established. When we search the character of the regional ruling circumstance, the theory returns to the original and unitive “Rule of Law” in the nation. As for “The Rule of Law Under the Contract System” theory and “The Autonomy of Governing Power”, the former one is not an accurate path for understanding the concept of “Rule of Law”, as it describes the Chinese political practice model under the instrumentalism perspective, whereas the latter one seeks a new fundament for demonstrating autonomy administrative actions of the local offices. But this argument would fall into the endless loop of whether local comprehension is independent of state authorization. We argue that the “Local Law Ruling System” would not be tenable if the concept of “Local Law Ruling System for Rule of Law” is not elected. Therefore, we conservatively proclaim that this discussion cannot be continued as there is not a clear description on how the concept of “Rule of Law” encompasses “Local Rule of Law”.

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