就私法定位而言,在后民法典时代,出于维护民众合法权益,发展中国特色社会主义市场经济以及优化优越营商环境之考虑,应当将私法认定为以市场经济与市民社会为限,一切具有私法自治因素或者直接关涉私人利益,并且应当为国家权力所保障之法。而以此为据,就私法规范体系的构造而言,在我国民法典颁行之后,应当将民法(或曰一般私法)视为市场经济与市民社会基本法,而将民法典外之商法、经济私法以及寄居于公法渊源中的附属私法认定为市场经济与市民社会之特别法,最终形成以民法典所汇纂的民法(包括法典化的商事通则)为“核心区域”,而以民法典外之商事单行法、经济私法以及附属私法等为“边缘区域”的私法规范体系。

Talking about the positioning of the private law in the post-Civil Code era in China, we should identify it as a law that is restricted to market economy and civic society, wholly related to the elements of the private law autonomy, and protected by state power, for the purpose of safeguarding people’s legitimate rights and interests, developing market economy and constructing a favorable business environment. In terms of the construction of its normative system after the promulgation of the Civil Code, the civil law (or the general private law) should be regarded as the basic law of market economy and civic society, while the commercial law that is not included in the Civil Code, the economic private law, and the subsidiary private law which existed in the origin of the public law, should be identified as the special law for market economy and civic society. The civil law (including the codified general principles of the commercial law) which was complied through the civil code was finally constituted as the “core area” (核心区域), while the commercial slip law (商事单行法) which is not included in the civil code, the economic private law and the subsidiary private law, formed the normative system of the private law which was considered as the “peripheral area” (边缘区域).