“我们认识到国家已经破产了。”——最高法院首席法官1关于国家衰退的讨论尚未波及和困扰法学界。但新闻工作者2和经济学家3早已开始研究,特别是从2008年经济危机初现端倪时起。相比过去,英国未来将很有可能全面衰退。但时至今日,法学界尚未思考国家前景,也没有考虑未来国情对法学研究的影响,更没有对法律体系的架构和作用做理论设想。4如果这种情况没有改观,那么法学界在基础问题上的沉默将会成为一个悲剧。我们须要用知识和经验形成有效的解 “We recognize that the country has gone bankrupt.” - The Supreme Court Chief Justice 1’s discussion of the national recession has yet to reach and plague the law community. However, journalists 2 and economists 3 have already started their studies, especially since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008. Compared to the past, Britain’s future will most likely decline in full scale. However, up to now, the legal circle has not considered the national future, nor has it considered the influence of the future national conditions on the study of jurisprudence, nor did it make a theoretical assumption on the structure and function of the legal system. 4 If this does not change, the silence of law circles on basic issues will become a tragedy. We need to form effective solutions using knowledge and experience