20世纪70年代以来,一大批重要的简牍、帛书文献在我国相继出土,给学术界带来了接连不断的惊喜。这些文献在价值上足以和王国维先生所谓“中国学问上之最大发现”相媲美,其对法律史研究之巨大价值亦不言而喻。众多失传已久的古代律令、流沙掩没的司法文书、深藏墓穴的先秦佚籍,它们的再现每每成为海内外学者关注的焦点所在;在法律史学界,对出土文献的整理与研究同样受到广泛重视。目前文献之出土仍呈方兴未艾之势,屡有重大发现见诸报端。本期特组稿件对此问题予以研讨,并以之纪念华东政法学院法律古籍整理研究所成立20周年。法律古籍整理研究所的张伯元教授抱病为本刊撰写专稿,在此特致谢意。 Since the 1970s, a large number of important articles of silk and silk have been unearthed in our country one after another, which have brought a series of surprises to academia. These documents are comparable in value to Mr. Wang Guowei’s so-called “biggest discovery of Chinese learning”, and their great value in the study of legal history is self-evident. Many of the ancient laws and decrees that have been lost for a long time, judicial documents hidden in quicksand and the pre-Qin ancestry hidden in graves, their reproduction has often become the focus of scholars both at home and abroad. In the field of legal history, the sorting and study of unearthed documents are also subject to Wide attention. The current unearthed literature is still in the ascendant trend, often found in major newspapers reported. The current issue of the Special Section on this issue to be discussed in order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of East China Institute of Politics and Law Institute of ancient books. Law Institute of ancient books finishing Institute Professor Zhang Boyuan embarrassed to write Zhuangao, here are particularly grateful.