Abstract Under the constitutional system of one country, two systems, the current Macau legal system guarantees the prosperous development of Macau's social economy. It is also the basis for remaining the way of life unchanged for 50 years. How to treat and explain the rich resources of Macau legal history can provide historical interpretation to application of law of Macau, and law teaching with abundant details of development of legal history, thereby offer great reference to future direction. In short, that answers the question of “come from where and go to where”. However, most of the present studies on Macau legal history focus on construction or description of the history of the system, rather than shuttle back and forth between the history of legal life to the history of legal norms. Due to such research method, it makes the study of legal history full of blind spots. Therefore, this study tries to research from the law of private life based on available materials, primarily on association of Macau legal history, including charity associations and commercial companies, to reveal the development of Macau legal history from the 16th to 19th century. Key words: Legal History of Macau; Private Life; Association; Charity Association:Comercial Company

摘要 現行澳門法律體系在一國兩制的憲法體制下為澳門社會經濟蓬勃發展保駕護航，同樣也是保證原有生活方式五十年不變的基礎，怎樣面對與解釋澳門法律史過去豐富的資源，用來為今日澳門法律適用提供歷史解釋，並且為法律教學提供豐富的法律史發展的細節，從而為其将來的走向提供良好的借鑒，簡而言之，即是回答“從哪裡來，往哪裡去”的問题。但是從對法律史的研究來看，大多數都集中在制度史的構建或描述，而非目光從法律生活史實到法律规範史的來回穿梭，正是這樣的研究方式使得法律史的研究充满盲點，有鑑於此，本文擬從私人生活領域的法律出發，就可選取的各方面材料，以澳門法律史中的團體，包括慈善社團與公司為主，考察澳門法律史在十六世紀到十九世紀的發展狀況。 關鍵詞:澳門法律史 私人生活 團體 慈善社團 公司