司法中的社会科学判断

Social Science Judgment in Judicature

在司法裁判过程中,法律人需要法律逻辑推理,也需要社会科学判断。在事实认定阶段,社会科学主要通过转化成为证据来认定事实。但如果证据规则不发达,社会科学只能作为证明材料成为法官心证的来源,就会增加裁判的不确定性。在法律适用阶段,法官在审理有潜在影响的案件时,遵循先做后果判断再找法条解释的过程。社会科学的引入,有助于提高法官对后果预测的准确程度。总体而言,法律说理和社会科学理由同时存在,会增强裁判的说服力。在司法中进行社会科学判断,有助于减少法律与社会之间的隔阂,实现法律效果和社会效果的统一。

In the process of judicial judgment, lawyers need legal logic ratiocination and social scientific judgment. At the stage of fact affirmation, social science affirms facts though evidence transformation. But if the principle of evidence is not advanced, social science can only be the source of judge evidence as confirmation materials, which obeys the process of consequence judgment and article explanation. The social science is conducive to improve the accuracy degree of the judge＇ s consequence prediction. In general, the coexistence of legal argument and social scientific reason can enhance the persuasion of the judgment. Making social scientific judgment in judicature is conducive to reduce the estrangement between law and society, and realize the unification of legal effect and social effect.