法律发现的实证分析——以我国行政诉讼为重点

Substantial Analysis on Law Discovery

法律的发现主要指法官用来发现解决个案纠纷的法律规则而使用的法律方法。行政诉讼的特殊性决定了对法律发现进行研究有更为重要的意义。通过对我国行政诉讼法律发现的实践的考察,可以发现在传统的成文法观念下,实际上存在着广泛的法官具有创造性的发现法律的活动。通过对我国行政诉讼中法律发现实践的价值分析,又可发现,法律的发现实践不仅弥补了法律的空缺,深刻地反映了法律到底应该是什么,而且维护了行政的活力。也正因为如此,我们应当在正视法律发现的正当性的基础上,从多方面改革现行司法制度,促进法律发现的发展。

The law discovery refers to the legal measure the judge takes to find legal rules to solve disputes. It is significant to research the law discovery for the particularity of the administrative litigation. Reviewing the practice of the law discovery in the administrative litigation in China, we find that there exist extensive law discovery activities in the court. We also find that the law discovery not only supplies a gap of the law, reflecting what the law should be, but also maintains the vitality of the administration. Therefore, we should envisage the justness of the law discovery, and then reform the present judicial system from many aspects, facilitating the development of the law discovery.