| Under the background of Chinese modernization,the construction of the rule of law in rural areas should be governed by law according to the village regulations,which is the embodiment of the rule of law of national governance in rural areas.The construction of the rule of law in rural areas should proceed from the reality of the rural regions,highlight the rural characteristics,accelerate modernization,and continue to carry forward the tradition.Since ancient times,village regulations have been the rules that restrict villagers’ behavior in the way of moral education.With the advancement of the process of rule of law,more elements of the rule of law have been added,becoming a soft law combining form and content,reason and force.Taking the material and economic conditions in rural areas into consideration,the village regulations realize villagers’ freedom in a democratic way,which is a scientific grasp of the rule of law in rural construction.The village regulations pay attention to the rural folk tradition outside the life of citizens,which is an informal system to make up for the deficiencies of the national law in the construction of the rule of law in rural areas.At present,the construction of the rule of law in rural areas is in the period of rural transformation from a traditional rural society to a post-rural society,and the problems of the trend of atomization is increasing,the rule of law has not been penetrated,and traditional morality has been marginalized in rural areas need to be solved.In the past,the village regulations was associated with the process of rural modernization in the form of autonomy,but today’s village regulations is related to the construction of the rule of law in rural areas with the rule of law factors possessed by its basis elements,main elements and content elements,and play its value intending to realize the rule of good law,rule,and reason in the countryside.The value of the village regulations for the construction of the rule of law in rural areas lies in realizing the integration of rural autonomy,the rule of law and the rule of virtue,promoting autonomy based on rule of law to realize the unity of procedural democracy and substantive democracy,giving play to the normative role of rule of law and promoting moral education.Solve rural problems accurately and in multiple fields in a localized way,and resolve conflicts locally through non-litigious dispute settlement to achieve mutual benefit and justice.It cultivates the villagers’ concept of rule by law in an imperceptibly way,casts the law-abiding consciousness of the whole people by using the villagers’ sense of identity and moral obligation to abide by the village regulations,and cultivates the villagers’ spirit of contract by realizing equality,freedom,and integrity in the process of formulation and implementation.To realize the value of village regulations in the construction of the rule of law in rural areas,we need to return to the village regulations themselves,ensure that the contents and procedures of the village regulations follow the national law,and make them subject to government supervision and judicial review,so as to lay the foundation of the rule of law in the integration of rural autonomy,the rule of law,and the rule of virtue by consolidating legitimacy.The formulation and modification of village regulations should be based on local conditions,strengthen the right and reward,so as to enhance the practical and villagers’ sense of identity through content optimization to implement the operation of the village regulations.The village elite guide the construction and implementation of village regulations,and the government strengthens the publicity and talent supply of village regulations to help realize the value of village regulations. |