关于法律解释的概念问题

On the Concept Issues of Legal Interpretation

文章认为狭义的法律解释只不过是法律解释的一种,即仅指国家授权的一定机关对法律作的有相对的普遍约束力的解释,而不是法律解释的全部。如果用这种法律解释的概念取代人们通常理解的法律解释的概念(或所谓广义的法律解释的概念),势必引起许多无谓的争论。承认狭义的法律解释的概念,既无必要又有害处。法律解释按照解释主体的不同,可以分为有权解释、学理解释和任意解释。

The article takes the view that legal interpretation in the narrow sense is nothing but one kind of legal interpretation. In other words, it merely refers to the interpretation with relatively general sanction made by certain national authorized office, but not all of the legal interpretation. If this kind of legal interpretation concept replaces that in people's common sense (or the concept of the so-called broadly-defined legal interpretation), a lot of meaningless disputes will be caused definitely. Acknowledgement of the concept of narrowly-defined legal interpretation is unnecessary and harmful. According to the different subjects of interpretation, legal interpretation can be divided into authorized interpretation, doctrinal explanation and wanton interpretation.