在司法中民间法与法律方法的勾连

The Linkage of Folk Law and Legal Method in Judicature

随着学界对民间法研究转向司法实践,民间法与法律方法的勾连问题不可避免地成为民间法研究中重要的内容。正是在法官对大小前提的建构过程中,民间法与法律方法的勾连成为一种可能,与此同时也为民间法司法运用提供了方法上的支持。具体而言,民间法可以通过法律发现进入司法,作为法律的解释源进入司法,通过利益衡量补充法律漏洞,作为经验法则认定案件事实,以及作为法律论证的理由。深入研究民间法与法律方法的可能勾连,有利于建立起本土化的法律方法论体系,从而促进法律方法论学科的建设。

With the research focus in folk law shifting to judicial practice, the linkage of folk law and legal method has inevitably become an important part of the study in this area. It is in the process wherein the judge constructs major and minor premises, that the linkage between folk law and legal method becomes possible, which provides methodological support for the judicial application of folk law. Specifically, folk law can go into judicial practice through legal discovery, serve as the source of legal interpretation, replenish loophole in law through interest-bal- ancing measures, confirm the fact of case through empirical rule and as a reason of legal argumentation. In-depth research on the possible linkage of folk law and legal method can facilitate the building of localized system of legal methodology and further promote the disciplinary construction of legal methodology.