宋代法律是中国封建社会法律发展的高峰期,出现了许多文明进步的法律制度、思想与技术,但其本身受到封建政治、思想、道德环境的影响,仍存在诸多缺陷和不足,突出体现在刑法轻重失当、惩贪不力,等级特权思想严重、法律面前官民不平等,行政权与司法权不分,统治阶级以权干法,法典繁杂、检用不便,司法官员素质良莠不齐、腐败丛生,官府以理学、家法族规等压制民权,民主法制建设遭遇重重障碍等,这些立法、司法方面的缺陷也对元明清王朝的法制建设产生深远影响。 The law of the Song Dynasty was the peak of law development in feudal society of China. There were many legal systems, ideas and technologies of progress of civilization. However, the laws of the feudal society were influenced by feudal politics, ideology and morals. There are still many defects and shortcomings, Severity of malpractice, ineffectiveness in punishment, inequality of hierarchy and privilege, inequality between officials and men before the law, irrespective of executive power and judicial power, lack of power in the ruling class, complex legal code, inconvenience in prosecution, quality of judicial officials, corruption, Neo-Confucianism, rule of law and family rules and other suppression of civil rights, democratization and legal system encountered many obstacles, these legislative and judicial defects also have a profound impact on the legal system of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.