论法律解释规则

On the Rules of Legal Interpretation

法律解释规则是法律解释方法的基本构成要素,它为法律解释提供确切的思维路径指引,并为法律解释过程提供精细化的操作准则。倡导法律解释规则的适用,在于解决法律解释方法研究的哲学化、复杂化之问题,凸显法律解释规则的实践意义。为清晰地认识法律解释规则,需要从概念厘定、性质之辩、功能定位及研究旨趣等角度展开。当前法律解释规则研究,仍然存在着赋予法律解释规则思维指令性等问题,需要从法律解释规则的实质属性等角度予以纠正。建立在语言学与实质性解释规则分类基础上的具体适用,遵循了形式到实质渐进的解释路径,符合司法实践的需要。

The legal interpretation rules is the basic element of legal interpretation method. It provides a precise way of thinking for the legal interpretation and a fine operational criterion for the process of legal interpretation. The purpose of advocating the application of the legal interpretation rules is to solve the tendency of philosophical and complicated research on the legal interpretation method, and to highlight the practical significance of the legal interpretation rules. In order to understand the legal interpretation rules clearly, it is necessary to define the concepts, distinguish the nature, locate the functions and analyze the purport of research. At present, there are still some problems in the study of legal interpretation rules, such as giving legal interpretation rules thinking instructions and so on, which need to be corrected from the angle of the substantive attribute of the legal interpretation rules. The specific application based on the classification of linguistic and substantive interpretation rules follows a gradual interpretation path from form to substance, which meets the needs of judicial practice.