法律系统的自治——论卢曼对法律自治理论的重建

The autonomy of legal system——On Luhmann's reconstruction on the theory of "the autonomy of law"

法律自治是西方法律传统的重要组成部分,但是对它的理论解说却是远不够充分的,特别是那种将其相对化的做法,不仅无助于对这一概念的澄清,反而使其变得更加模糊。德国社会学家尼克拉斯.卢曼从一个全新的角度重新阐释了法律的自治性,他的这一理论不仅克服了相对自治理论在解释这一问题上的不确定性,同时也避免了在强调法律自治性的同时将法律与社会隔离开来的弊病,对于我们理解法律自治、乃至于理解法律本身都具有很强的启发意义。

The autonomy of law is an important component of the western legal tradition, but the interpretation of this conception is not enough. Niklas Luhmann, a Germany sociologist, represents this topic from a new perspective. His theory not only avoids the uncertainty of interpretation of the relative autonomy, but also avoids the defect that isolates the law from society when he emphasizes the law＇s autonomy, which is helpful for us to comprehend the autonomy of law and the law itself.