论法律发现的形式

On the Forms of Law Discovery

法律发现是指法官判案时生成裁判规范的活动。很自然,裁判规范应当首先在制定法法源中寻找与确定。法律规则和法律原则作为正式法源毫无疑问地成为了法律发现的形式。此外,各种能作裁判依据的非正式法源也是法官进行法律发现的形式,可以在适当条件下选取为裁判之依据。

Law discovery is defined as judges＇ activity of drawing adjudication norms in deciding a case. Naturally enough, adjudication norms should be found first and foremost in the legal source of statutory law. It inevitably turns to be the form of law discovery to regard legal rules and principles as the formal sources of law. Besides, all sorts of inform sources of law can also be the forms of law discovery provided that the sources provide the juridical foundation .