对当下法律解释学研究中几个基本问题的澄清

Clarification of Several Basic Issues in the Current Study of Legal Hermeneutics

在当下国内学术界,对法律解释学的研究呈现出一派欣欣向荣的态势。然而,在一些基本问题上,许多人的认识或是含混的,或是错误的。这些含混或错误的认识一方面给法律解释的研究带来了障碍,另一方面也可能对司法实践造成负面影响。本文通过批判法律学者对哲学诠释学的错误借鉴,明确了法律解释学的学科定位;通过批判法律解释的建构模式,维护了传统的沟通模式;通过批判作者反映论与客观含义说,澄清了法律解释的目标;通过论证作者意图的存在与可获得,揭示了法律解释的客观性;力图通过澄清解释与理解以及解释与判断之间的区别,论证了法律解释的有限性。

Despite its popularity in today＇s China, legal derstandings or confusions, which have on the one hand hermeneutics has been largely entangled with misunimpeded the study of legal interpretation and on the other exerted negative influences on the legal practice in China. Addressing these problems, this paper is specifically intended to define legal hermeneutics as a normative discipline through a review of legal experts＇ ap- propriation of philosophical hermeneutics ; to defend the traditional communicative mode against the institution- al mode of legal interpretation ; to clarify the objectives of legal interpretation through a critical analysis of the author＇s intent behind the text; and to reveal the limitations in legal interpretation through distinguishing inter- pretation from understanding and judgment.