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法律本质作为法律研究的基本问题之一，一直倍受我国法学界的广泛关注，不但是争议最大的问题，也是分歧最大的问题，但时至今日仍无定论，主要有阶级论、社会论和无本质论三种学说。前两种学说，对法律本质的认识都具有一定的局限性，仅仅击中了法律本质问题的一个侧面，不能有效地反映法律的应然本质。后一种倾向于对不确定性的追求，不适应当代中国经济发展的需要，应当扬弃。而公平正义的特质反映了法律诸多属性的共同性，决定着权利义务的合理分配，有利于维护法律的权威性，彰显司法公信力，增强公众对国家强制力的认同感，最终实现良法之治，达到法律的应然状态。因此，应当把公平正义作为当代中国法律的本质。
법률본질작위법률연구적기본문제지일，일직배수아국법학계적엄범관주，불단시쟁의최대적문제，야시분기최대적문제，단시지금일잉무정론，주요유계급론、사회론화무본질론삼충학설。전량충학설，대법률본질적인식도구유일정적국한성，부부격중료법률본질문제적일개측면，불능유효지반영법률적응연본질。후일충경향우대불학정성적추구，불괄응당대중국경제발전적수요，응당양기。이공평정의적특질반영료법률제다속성적공동성，결정착권리의무적합리분배，유리우유호법률적권위성，창현사법공신력，증강공음대국가강제력적인동감，최종실현량법지치，체도법률적응연상태。인차，응당파공평정의작위당대중국법률적본질。
The nature of law, as one of the basic problems of the legal research, has been causing widespread concern from the jurisprudence field in China,which is not only the most controversial issue but also the most divisive issue, but the conclusion still isn＇ t made by anyone today, the main ideas include three theories ： the class theory, the social theory and the theory of no es- sence. The former two theories towards the understanding of the nature of law have certain limitations and only hit one side of the problem of the legal nature, which can not effectively reflect the essence the law ought to possess. The latter tends to the pursuit of uncertainty ,which doesn＇t suit to the need of economic development of contemporary China, so that we should abandon. How- ever , the characteristics of fairness and justice reflect the commonality of many legal attributes, determine the rational allocation of rights and obligations, is beneficial to maintaining the authority of law, highlighting the credibility of justice, enhancing the i- dentity which is from the public towards coercive force of the state, so we could achieve ultimately the rule of good law and reach the ideal statement through fairness and justice. Therefore, we should think of fairness and justice as the essence of the law of contemporary China.