By German legal system modernization path Content summary: Germany's legal system modernization path compares with other developed countries, is not the problem-free even society largely shakes several passes through the disaster, but, just like the German economy soaraway development makes one express admiration, in its legal achievement also focuses attention on for the common he German law explored diligently, innovates unceasingly, formulates a set of depth nationality characteristic, has conformed to our country actual quite perfect legal framework, has realized the legal system The present paper unifies in the German legal system modernization advancement by the historical development angle the main representative law, studies the German legal system modernization path the characteristic, and analyzes its each characteristic to form the reason, probes in the Thode country legal system modernization path to be worth China carrying on the legal system modernization model the Key word: German legal system modernization path characteristic