对当代“中国法哲学”研究现象的反思——以严存生教授的研究为例

Reflection on Phenomena of Contemporary“Chinese Law Philosophy”Study

中国法哲学研究已经有近百年的历史,但除了一些学术综述外,我们很少把中国法哲学研究作为文化现象来反思。以至于有些人认为,在中国并不存在"中国法哲学",存在的只是"西方法哲学在中国"。虽然这一判断有一定道理,但今天的中国确实存在着中国法哲学研究,并且在一定意义上已经形成了一个有中国特色的整合法学派。老一辈学者对整合法学派的出现作出了巨大的贡献,但也存在着研究的结构性缺陷。过度的整合使中国法哲学研究成果缺乏鲜明的个性,对未来的法治中国建设也可能有负面作用。中国法哲学需要发挥其整合性优势,但也需要改变以认识论代替方法论的惯性思维。

It has been about one hundred years since Law Philosophy began to be studied in China, but researchers seemed to have been interested more in academic reviews than reflecting on it as a cultural phenomenon so that some people think there is only ＂Chinese views on Western Law Philosophy＂ but not ＂Chinese Law Philosophy. ＂ Although it makes sense in some way, there is indeed the study of Chinese Law Philosophy in contemporary China, and in a sense, a school of integrated law with Chinese characteristics has come into being. While contributing greatly to the shaping of the school, the study of the pioneering scholars suffered from some structural defects. The excessive integration de- prives Chinese law philosophy of sharp distinction and may have negative effect on China＇s legal con- struction. On one hand, Chinese law philosophy needs to keep its advantage of integration; on another hand, it must change its tradition of replacing methodology with epistemology.