Abstract:

With the improvement of China’s new normalized governance， the original hard law framework was broken down， and the soft law has exerted more effect than ever before. In the field of higher education， university statute serves as a kind of important soft law. By analyzing it， it can be found that university statute is of soft law in effect， processing， arbitrariness and self-control norm. University governance is an important part of China’s higher education structure and governance by law is a basic form of it. University statute is the basic rule for university governance by law; likewise， universities carry out their governance by law in reforms and practices. It is pointed out that university thinking of governance by law should be cultivated and publicized， the specification of right operation rules should be adjusted， and the guarantee system should be built in the construction of university statute.

Key words: university statute, governance by law, soft law