原则的语义与法意

On Semantic Meaning and Legal Meaning of Principle

法学家不应在纯粹学术定义的基础上建立法学理论,而应致力于分析法律语言在实际生活中是怎样被使用的。与原则的日常语义相对应,法律原则至少有五种含义,即法律精神、非正式法律渊源、上位法、一般法和刚性法。由于法律原则所具有的多层含义,对它的理解与界定,须依赖具体的语境和操作程序,方能使相关的学术研究、法律实践走向客观化和科学化。

Legists should commit themselves to analyzing how to use the language in law in real world instead of constituting legal theory on the basis of absolute academic definitions.Compared with the semantic meaning of principle in daily life,legal principle consists of at least five significations namely the spirit of law,informal legal origin,general law,ordinary law and rigidity law.Due to the various significations of legal principle,the understanding and distinction of it must be achieved on the basis of its concrete context and manipulation so that the relevant academic research and the practice of law will be put on the path to objectivity and scientification.