法学的科学性问题研究

On the Scientific Character of Legal Science

20世纪后,随着科学理论的发展和范式转换理论的提出,自然科学与建立在自然科学基础上的“科学性”标准面临巨大挑战。在这个背景下,重新审视法学的科学性问题、探讨法学自身的特殊学问品格很有必要。法学具有自身的知识范畴、完整的学科体系和方法论。作为一门理性可证立的学问,法学反对将其知识建立在主观好恶上,而是要求通过理性的论证,对其进行合理与不合理、有效与无效的判断,进而得出具有说服力的结论。尽管法学知识无法被证实,却可以被证立,而且必须被证立。法学不是自然科学,但法学依然是科学。

After the twentieth century,with the development of scientific theories and the introduction of the theory of Paradigm Shift,natural science and the scientific criteria based on natural science have to face enormous challenges.In this context,it is necessary to re-examine the scientific character of legal science and explore its own disciplinary characteristics.Legal science has its own category of knowledge,a complete disciplinary system and specific methodology.As a rationally justifiable science,legal science is opposed to basing its knowledge on subjective likes and dislikes,but requires rational arguments to make judgments on whether it is reasonable or unreasonable,valid or invalid,and then come to a convincing conclusion.Although legal knowledge cannot be verified,but it can and must be justified.Legal science is not natural science,but it is still a science.