新法律现实主义的最新发展与启示

The New Legal Realism's Latest Developments and Its Inspirations

对新法律现实主义之所以被提出的背景与意义的阐释,离不开对自20世纪二三十年代以来兴起的旧法律现实主义、法律过程主义、批判法学、法社会学、法经济学等流派与运动的梳理。新法律现实主义不仅延续了旧法律现实主义对事实和开放法学研究的提倡,还强调对已有的多学科方法研究成果的法律性重视,也呼吁其它学科的研究关注其研究的法律实质意义。在其推动下,传统的法学研究和利用其它学科方法展开的法学研究得以更好地渗透和合作,使得学科整合和实证法学研究更为有效地进行。

The new legal realism draws on the old legal realism from the 20 s and 30 s of the twentieth century led by Karl N.Llewellyn.After more than ten years,it not only rejects the myth of the law,but also promotes realistic attitudes in legal research,emphasizes the bottom-up multi-method empirical research,and admits partly the function of rule of law,the neutrality of judges and the value of traditional legal methods.It brings in the eyes of legal scholars the influence and function of extralegal factors,including politics,personal bias and economics.This movement was captured by Chinese scholars and introduced into China several years ago.However,it has not yet brought about nationwide debate on doctrinal scholarship.This article summarizes its latest developments,introduces experiences drawn from interdisciplinary and legal empirical research,and makes some advice on China's legal research.It aims to update Chinese scholars on this movement,broaden the sphere of Chinese scholars' vision,promote the use of interdisciplinary method,remind them of the limits and possible improvements of current Chinese empirical legal research,and contribute to the understandings of the legal theories of American judicial research system.