还原正当程序的本质——“正当过程”的程序观及其方法论意义

Restore the Original Connotation of “Due Process”

"正当程序"(due process)一词在译成中文时存在语义失真。"正当程序"的原义是"正当过程"。还原并确立"正当过程"的理念,有助于克服当下中国严重的程序形式主义倾向,避免重新落入传统的程序工具主义甚至是程序虚无主义的窠臼。具体到行政法学而言,确立"正当过程"的理念,有助于促进行政法学方法论的变革,并促进行政行为司法审查制度特别是审查方法和审查标准体系的完善。

While the English legal term 'Due Process' has been translated into Chinese words '正当程序', the meaning was not quite true to the original. To restore and establish the original connotation of 'Due Process' can check the unhealthy tendency of procedural formalism in China. The idea also can help to avoid falling into the awful state of procedural instrumentalism and procedural nihilism. As far as administrative lawscience is concerned, the idea of 'Due Process' may facilitate the revolution of methodology of this subject. It also can promote the development and improvement of the system of judicial review of administrative action.