法律实证研究方法研讨会综述

Exploration on Empirical Method in Legal Research

法学学科的发生在于研究对象的逐步独立,而法学学科的发展则在于研究方法的日臻成熟。中国法学的研究方法目前已经觉醒但还没有觉悟。在强调价值研究作为法学基础研究的前提下,运用观察、调查、文献分析、实验等法律实证研究方法研究中国的实践问题,日益受到重视并已初见成效。在法律实证研究中如何处理好定性与定量、事实与价值、亲历与局外、理论与实践等几组基本关系意义重大。

Law science, as an academic subject, comes from gradually independence of its research object, while progresses owing to the research method maturing by degrees. At present, there is not consciousness but only awakening in the methods of legal research in China. On condition of emphasizing the value study as the foundational issue of law science, the importance has been attached to using the empirical methods in legal research such as observation, investigation, literature analysis and experiment to study Chinese practical issues and certain effects have been acquired. It is of significance for employing the empirical methods in legal research that how to deal with a series of relationships including qualitative - quantitative, fact - value, experience - outside, and theory -practice relationships.