瑶族石牌制及其在南方民族习惯法中的地位

大瑶山瑶族石牌制度形成于明代,有明显的形成、发展、衰落、废止的发展过程。石牌制有自己的组织结构,基层的是小石牌、中石牌,高层的是大石牌。最大的石牌是“三十六瑶七十二村大石牌”,管辖面几乎覆盖整个大瑶山,其法律条文具有大瑶山“宪法”的性质。上下大小石牌之间有一定的约束关系和责、权、利关系,它们组成了倒“金字塔”的组织结构。

Shipai System of Yao Ethnic Group and Its Role in Southern Ethnic Customary Law

The Yao's Shipai System in Mt. Dayao was established in the Ming Dynasty, with clear process of formation, development, declination, and abolishment. Shipai System has its own organizational structure, with small-and medium-sized Pais at basic level and large Pais at higher level. The largest Pai is "the Grand Pai of 36 Yao and 72 Villages" which administers almost the whole Mt. Dayao. Its legal terms and conditions possess the nature of "the constitution of Mt. Dayao". There are binding relation and rights-and-obligations relation between upper versus lower Pais and large versus small Pais, which have formed an inverted pyramid structure.