法律理性化的悖论——韦伯法律社会学意义上的考察

On the Paradox in the Legal Formalization

韦伯的理解社会学采取了“价值无涉”的学术立场,利用其独特的社会行动、理想类型等学术概念,对西方法律的理性化进行了从实质到形式、从不合理到合理的单一描述,但是,韦伯理论遭到了理论和事实的质疑,单一的形式化和合理化掩盖了法律理性化的内在悖论。在立法上和司法上,法律的理性化具有规则和价值、形式和实质的二律背反,这说明了法治是形式合理与实质合理的内在统一,这对于中国法治的形成具有重要的启示意义。

Based on the perspective of non-value, Weber＇s sociology makes use of such concepts as social activity and ideal type, and gives a single description of the rational course that moves from substantiality to formalization and from irrationality to rationality. However, the single description of the rational course covers the paradox of the legal formalization. As a matter of fact, the legal fOrmalization shows the paradox between rule and value in legislation and the paradox between formal justice and substantial justice in jurisdiction. The paradox in legal formalization has important implication to the form of law in China.