法律分析应该成为什么样子?——读昂格尔的《法律分析应该成为什么样子》

在《法律分析应该成为什么样子》一书中,昂格尔对自由主义传统法学派所提倡的“合理化法律分析”的特点、根源和弊害作了深刻地剖析和揭露,并提出了“扩大化社会民主”、“激进的多元政治”和“动员性民主”的新型建构方案。其中,昂格尔最突出的理论贡献在于他能够对法律分析所使用的前提和假定彻底质疑,能够看到权力等社会结构对知识的建构和被建构,但是,我们却不能因此而完全否定法律规则的客观性。不但如此,其民主方案也因缺乏可行性而无法解决自由主义传统下现代社会的政治困境。所以,他较为成功地完成了对自由主义法律传统的批判,但是却没有真正地超越它。

In the book of What should legal analysis become, Unger analyzed and exposed the characteristics, resources and disadvantages of ＂rationalizing legal analysis＂ profoundly, which was sponsored by liberalism traditional scholars. On the basis of it, he offered his constructive programmatic project - extended social democracy, radical polyarchy and mobilizational democracy. Unger＇s the most outstanding theoretical contribution in this book is that he can question the premises and presuppositions thoroughly which are used by actual legal analysis and he can point out that social structure such as power constructs knowledge and is constructed by it. But we cant deny objectivity of legal rules completely just be- cause of this. Furthermore, Unger＇s democratic scheme cant solve political problems in modem society which is led by liberalism tradition because of its scarcity of feasibility. So Unger finishes animadverting on liberalism legal system in a certain degree, but he cant surpass it indeed.