Về bộ luật manrayavinicchayacuar vương quốclan na cổ

VE BO LUAT MANRAYAVINICCHAYA

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CUA VUONG QUOC LAN NA CO

1. Vai net ve sii ra dd'i cua bo luat

Trong qua trinh thu tiiap tU lieu,

nghien ciiu ve vUdng quoc Lan Na, chiing

tdi tiep can bo luat cd ciia vUdng quoc nay.

Bd luat la mot ngudn tU lieu quy, gdp phan

lam sang td ve lich sii Lan Na ndi chung.

Bai viet xin gidi thieu ve bd luat nay.

Bo luat ciia vUdng qud'c Lan Na cd ten

goi la Manrayavinicchaya hay

Mangraisa t (nghia la lua t ciia vua

Mangrai, goi ta t la luat Mangrai). Bd luat

la mot tap hdp cac dieu luat va ndi dung

cac sac lenh dUdc hinh than h tii thdi tri vi

cua vua Mangrai (1259-1317) va du'dc cac

trieu vua sau Mangrai bo sung.

Mangraisat dUdc soan thao dua tren su

tham khao cac dieu luat tiT bd luat

Dhammasattha va luat Rajasattha ciia

ngudi Mon d vUdng qud'c Harijihunchai cd.

NgUdi Mon da soan thao cac dieu luat

bang tie'ng Pali goi la Dhammasattha

(tUdng tu ten Sankrit la Dharmasastra).

Trdng viec bien soan nay, cac hoc gia Mon

da la'y md hin h lua t Hindu

Dharmasastra*", tiep nha n nhieu dieu

khoan ciia bd luat Manu, nhUng ho da bd

di tat ca "chat" Balamdn giao ciia nd, chi

DANG VAN CHUdNG*

TRAN DINH HUNG**

vay mudn nhung phan thuoc ve sU thi

hanh cdng ly, cu the la 18 loai kien cao, to'

tung dUdc trinh bay chi tiet trong luat

Manu. Song song vdi viec bien soan bd

luat Dhammasattha , mot sd' Idn cac sac

lenh, dao luat da dUdc cac vi vua ngUdi

Mon ban ra goi la Rajasattha - luat ciia

cac vua, the hien nghe thua t cai tri va viec

xet xii cac tinh hudng ciia nha vua.

Rajasatha nham giai nghia cac quy tac

triiu tUdng ciia Dhammasattha s va dUa ra

cac quy dinh cho nhUng tinh hud'ng cu the

xay ra trong thUc te cuoc sd'ng. Vdi luat

Dhammasatth a va Rajasattha, cd le cac

hoc gia ngudi Mon mud'n thie't lap mot loai

luat le jihu hdp vdi tinh than Pha t giao,

giiip cho nhUng nha cai tri quan ly da't

nudc trong vdng tra t tU va cdng bang.

Vdi yeu cau cap thie't phai can cd mot

bo luat chfnh thiic de cai tri vUdng qud'c

mdi, rong Idn hdn bao gom nhieu tdc ngUdi

khac nhau sinh song, vua Mangrai da dUa

vao cac dieu lua t Dhammasattha s va

Rajasattha ciia ngUdi Mon va truyen

thd'ng ciia ngUdi Thai de bien soan nen bo

luat mang ten minh - Mangraisat.

Bd luat Mangra i ma tac gia gidi thieu

*TS. Dang Van ChUdng, ** Tran Dinh Hung, Khoa Sii, Dai hoc sU pham Hue