论法律话语理论从德沃金到哈贝马斯的演化

On the Transition of Discourse Theory in Law from Dworkin to Habermas

为了超越实证主义和客观主义的法律解释,德沃金坚持认为,必须把基本的权利原则作为具体的法律实践的引导,只有这样,我们才有可能正确和适当地制定和应用一种法律。为此,德沃金要求建立一种基于"整体性原则"之上的法律话语理论。但由于坚持了一种"真理符合论"的立场,他并没能对法律话语理论的本质做出正确的解释。为了走出法律话语理论的误区,哈贝马斯提出了一种建立在"真理合意论"之上的法律话语理论。

With the purpose of transcend the theory of positivism and objectivism,Dworkin insists on giving the system of right the important position,so that in the law practice it could play a leading role. According to him,it is the only way that could help us apply the law appropriately,therefore he drafts a discourse theory which based on the concept of integrity. But owing to his position of 'correspondence theory of truth' ,he fail to interpret the discourse theory correctly. So as to avoid this blunder,Habermas states that discourse theory could only build on 'consensus theory of truth' ,and it is the only way that we could constitute a correct discourse theory. We will first investigate the differences of these two theoretic paradigms,and then explore the meaning of transition between them.