对于中国人来说,英美普通法也许根本就不普通,而要从英国普通法中寻找一条脉络,了解他们这一独特而伟大传统的特征尤其感到不普通。读英国法学家密尔松先生的《普通法的历史基础》虽然加深了这种不普通的感觉,但是,这本书给我们带来思考,特别是借着阅读过程中超时空的遐想,我们也许从中国当下所发生的点点滴滴中能够领略人类文明发展的共同性和不同民族文化背景下各自的独特性。一、一点介绍 For the Chinese, common law in Britain and the United States may not be ordinary at all. In particular, it is not uncommon to find a context in British common law and to understand their unique and great tradition. Reading the British jurist Mr. Millisson’s “common ground in the history of the common law,” although deepening this uncommon feeling, but this book brings us thinking, especially through reading time and space reverie, we may From the current bit by bit in China can understand the common development of human civilization and different ethnic and cultural context of their own uniqueness. First, a little introduction