关于能动司法的格义与反思

A Reflection and Analogical Interpretation of Active Justice

由最高人民法院所大力倡导和推行的"能动司法"理念,引起了法律学术界和实务界的热烈讨论,然而,"能动司法"这个概念本身在讨论者之间却呈现出一种不同寻常的歧义认知和错位解读;许多论者认为我国的"能动司法"与西方的"司法能动主义"是实质同一或既有区别又有一致的同类概念。实际上,"能动司法"是我国"服务大局"这一特有政治—司法意识形态的一部分,而"司法能动主义"则是具有美国特色的司法哲学,两者之间没有任何客观意义上的直接关联,把两者视为同一或同类,是反向格义导致的结果;与此同时,我国"能动司法"理念的确立尚缺乏一个认真的理论反思过程。

The idea of'active justice'that proposed and promoted by the Supreme Court has caused a warm discussion in the academic circle as well as the practice circle of law.But the concept of'active justice'itself demonstrated different recognitions and mistaken understandings among the discussants.Many people held the idea that the Chinese concept of 'active justice'and the western concept of'judicial activism'are the same type of concepts which substantially unitary but with some consistencies and differences.Actually,the two concepts have no direct connections,since'active justice'is a part of typical Chinese political-legal ideology which serves the whole,whereas'judicial activism'is typical American judicial philosophy.Taking the two concepts as the same kind is the result of reactionary analogical interpretations.