公民抗命與法治共同體：香港的可能

Abstract

自從香港在九七年回歸中國後，中國政府在年輕一代中的認受性每況愈下，而他們對香港主體的認同卻日益加強。2014年的雨傘運動，是反映香港市民反叛中國權力的最重要政治事件。本文旨在反思當中公民抗命的邏輯，尤其是主流香港社會一直視法治為其最重要的核心價值之一，究竟公民抗命和法治之間有何衝突？兩者的關係是制衡還是互構？本文會首先處理法治作為一種殖民管治的手段和邏輯，以理解法治在香港的意識形態運作，再以漢娜‧鄂蘭對法的論述作為參考，討論如何了解法律的兩面性—它既是權力的統治工具、也是人民共同意志的具體體現；它既恆久、也常變；它建立圍墻圈起法治共同體，也同時開展群體對外的關係。也因此，人民對待自己的法律，也應該學習同時質疑和尊重。

Since 1997, the Hong Kong people continue to challenge the legitimacy of the PRC's sovereignty in this city, and many of them also begin to identify with an independent Hong Kong identity. The 2014 Umbrella Movement is a most important political event reflecting this rebellion of Hong Kong to China. This paper aims to explore the related logic of ＂civil disobedience,＂ particularly in view of Hong Kong's tremendous pride in its ＂Rule of Law.＂ Are there any conflicts between rule of law and civil disobedience? Do they challenge each other, or are they mutually constituted? This essay will begin with a discussion of the ideology of law as a colonial apparatus. It then brings Hannah Arendt's theorization of law into the discussion, exploring the dialectics of law: law is both the tool of power and a representation of people's will; it is permanent, but it also changes all the time; it builds a wall to define the boundary of a legal community, but it also sets up links for the concerned community to contact the outside. Therefore, we need to learn to both respect and challenge the law we enact.