What should I read for my freshman majoring in law?

1. Su Li: the rule of law and its local resources [how the system is formed], preface to reading, sending France to the countryside]

[Introduction] The greatest value of this book lies in the "enlightenment" of the law. It will tell you what vision and methods we should adopt when observing legal phenomena, how to cultivate our learning and research methods, and how to reveal common sense and challenge existing knowledge and concepts. For freshmen, after reading this book, they will feel that law is not as boring as we thought. The later book "Sending Law to the Countryside" can be said to be the further development and concrete application of the first book, which is more substantial and full, although I still think its book "Local Resources" is the most important.

2. Yu Wujin: "Overseas Issues"

As a popular introduction to philosophical knowledge and schools, this book can not only introduce readers into a new philosophical world, but more importantly, it is helpful to open up and broaden students' problem domains, especially how to form their own problem consciousness. How to ask questions and what kind of questions to ask are the abilities that we should always pay attention to during college, which is much more important than specific knowledge in many cases.

3. Fei Xiaotong: "China Rural Fertility System" [jiang village economy].

[Introduction] Today, it has been 60 or 70 years since Mr. Fei wrote this book, but Mr. Fei's analysis of the current situation in China in the book is still so pertinent to China today; Today, we are far from Mr. Fei's problem consciousness and writing style. Every legal person should reflect: where is the knowledge contribution of law?

4. Wu Si: Hidden Rules-Real Games in the History of China.

[Introduction] Perspective on the rules of the game actually operated in China society. Why is there a set of more applicable hidden rules outside our formal system? The author has developed from a historical story to today's reality. We can reflect: what are the conditions for the law to really work in life? What is the relationship between the moral good and evil of law and the actual interest pattern? Are we living on the iceberg of self-deception, or are we rising in bitter introspection?

5. Wang Xiaobo: The silent majority [golden age].

This is a sober book, a rational book, a humorous book and a book of wisdom. It not only gives us insight into life and society, but also tells us what is the spirit of independent thinking and judgment. What is real humanistic care? As a legal person, perhaps the biggest revelation of this book is that if we don't care about the silent majority and lack some kind of "spiritual home" law, there will be no life law. But you must remember that Wang Xiaobo's novels, especially The Golden Age, are more memorable to read.

6. Andersen: Complete Works of Andersen's Fairy Tales

What we lack is the fairy tale world written by Andersen, a real world with happiness and suffering, laughter and tears. People who study law are most afraid of losing a childlike innocence. For those who haven't read Andersen's story, I want to tell you: it's not too late to come into this world, it will make you more sound.

7. Pahlman: Law and Religion

[Introduction] Well written and well translated. Explore the spirit behind the law and what supports the law. Without faith, the law will be useless. While the existing legal tradition in China has been broken, how should we find a new tradition of living under the law? Of course, when reading this book, we should not unilaterally pursue the wonderful sentences, but pay more attention to the analytical ideas and clues.

8. Feng Xiang: "Wooden Leg Justice"

[Introduction] I believe this book should be an excellent enlightening case for colleagues who specialize in law. The author walks between law and society by virtue of the advantages of his own literary theme. It is a good book worth reading because of its far-reaching influence and broad thinking.

9. Liang Zhiping: Debate on Law [Letter from New Persians, Between Learning and Society].

[Introduction] This is a collection of a series of articles published by Mr. Liang in Reading magazine in the middle and late period of 1980. It is his case practice and speech of "explaining law by culture and explaining culture by law". Debate, criticism and rational thinking are integrated. For young students, reading this book can also learn some "subtle" methods of how to read and how to organize their own experiences. The book Xin is also a critical work written by Early and several other authors. Calligraphy is the author's cultural essay, which is written casually and skillfully.

10. Huang Renyu: fifteen years of Wanli [capitalism and 2 1 century].

[Introduction] The author's profound knowledge of history, familiarity with China's political system and thorough analysis all show the perfect combination of "historical facts" and "historical knowledge". The writing is old and spicy, and it is done in one go. His discussion on the relationship between politics and morality, the operation and living state of rules has great enlightenment for us to understand tradition and law. This book must be read.

1 1. Max Weber: Academic and Political [Methodology of Social Science].

[Introduction] The author's views on the relationship between academics, politics and even life can really clarify a lot of our understanding. We live in an era of lack of piety and faith, which affects our understanding of ourselves. We don't know what occupation is except making a living. This book can tell us some answers.

12. Ying Xing: the story of the petition of Dahe immigrants.

[Introduction] Sociological works written by telling stories. Facing the power operation of "immigrant" families and people in China, we can reveal the strategies and games of political control and pay attention to the living conditions of civilians. This book is a great drink and wake-up call for complacent jurists, no matter from the pioneering and innovative research methods and problems.

13. Open social science.

[Introduction] For every learner engaged in social science (including law), he has a more conscious (though not necessarily sober) grasp of the nature and trend of social science itself. This book is extremely challenging in this respect. It studies the structure of social science as a form of knowledge; Questioning the division of labor in social sciences; What is the academic status of social science? This book is only 70,000 words, and a thin booklet is much more valuable and thoughtful than those works with hundreds of thousands or millions of words.

14. He Weifang: the road of law education in China.

People who study law should have a basic understanding of the history, present situation and development of law education. This book provides such a way of understanding. It is better to reflect on the current situation of vocational education and the social contrast. The first thing we should do is to have a calm understanding of the operation of this legal education ecosystem. One of the characteristics of this book is that it provides us with such a perspective.

15. Mainly: Ancient Law [savigny: On the Contemporary Mission of Legislation and Law].

[Introduction] Representative works of Historical Law School. Its significance lies not only in outlining the development of law through its own research, but also in putting forward an exciting proposition that law moves from identity to contract. More importantly, his independence and skepticism in academic research criticized the popular discourse of "natural equality". As Maine said, what we need most may be a constant review of old and new materials, not a blind letter. The latter book is also the representative work of the school of historical law.

16. Plato: Socrates' Defense in Syria.

[Introduction] This book is three famous dialogues between Socrates' trial and execution. It shows how Socrates was sentenced and his attitude towards God, knowledge, ethics, law and death. Readers will not only be shocked by his personality, but also think further about how Socrates died, an important political and life issue. Teaching you wisdom in dialogue and questioning is another important benefit of this book.

Sophomore readable bibliography.

17. Kafka: Selected short stories of Kafka

[Introduction] The depth of Kafka's thought and the penetrating power of his language are believed to make every reader feel cold. For a great writer, any descriptive words are redundant. Kafka made us realize that we are losing those people's precious things and what kind of life we will face after losing them. Kafka's classic works on law are an important gateway for us to understand law and modernity, law and human nature.

18. Liu xing: what is law [China law, law and law in context].

[Introduction] This book is mainly a critical interpretation of British and American legal theories in the 20th century, which is different from the introductory reading written by ordinary China people. The book makes an in-depth and detailed analysis of the theories it considers important. The language is plain and the examples are concise. On this basis, the author intends to express his views on the law: our views on the law are often determined by our posture.

19. Zhang Wenxian: research on the category of philosophy of law.

[Introduction] This book is cautious in analyzing some categories of law itself, and it is a representative work of standardization and systematization of law in China. Many concepts and "right-obligation" models put forward and analyzed by him have had a far-reaching impact on current law textbooks. As far as academic level is concerned, although this book has some political brand and some constructive colors, on the whole, it is still a masterpiece of criticizing China's laws.

20. Liu Junning: "* * * and? Democracy? constitutionalize

[Introduction] A "radical" book on China's "conservative" view of freedom. The author's position is self-evident, and his distinctive and even "encouraging" language will inevitably weaken his academic taste to some extent. Liberalism is actually a sensitive issue in China. For students who don't understand liberalism, it is really difficult to grasp and distinguish the various ideological trends of "freedom". This book provides a positive method, and we should also have a more comprehensive and calm thinking.

2 1. Cardoso: the essence of judicial procedure.

[Introduction] He is an excellent judge and a scholar with profound insight. His ideas are concise and clear. He told us how he judged the case. Judges should not only "discover the law" but also "create the law". He combined innovation with limitation. His enthusiasm and reason highlight the lofty legal profession in these people. As a scholar and judge, Cardoso's wisdom and restraint earned him due respect.