人民意志视野下的法教义学——法律方法的用途与误用

Legal Dogmatism under the Perspective of People’s Will——The Usage and Misuse of Legal Method

当前中国学界将法教义学视为一种综合性的法律方法,但缺乏具体性的学术探讨。从法律推理、法律解释等角度进行多维度分析可以看出,法教义学在价值判断和方法论层面并无太多特殊性,然而,法教义学可以作为拓展经验边界和提升理性讨论的载体,使得法律人能够比非专业性人士具有更为体系化和复杂化的思维可能。在现代民主社会,法律人应当一方面保持自觉与审慎,在价值层面以人民意志为基础,通过法教义学将人民意志最终内化为法律共同体的一部分,另一方面通过法教义学来规制和提升人民意志,从而实现民主与法治的辩证与良性互动。

The Chinese legal academia currently views legal dogmatism as a comprehensive legal method but does not make efforts in detailed analytical analysis. Through separate analysis from the perspectives such as legal reasoning and legal interpretation, this article argues that legal dogmatism has nothing special in terms of values judgment and methodology. However, legal dogmatism could act as a medium to broaden experiences and enhance rational discussion. It enables the legal professions to have an opportunity to enjoy more systematic and comprehensive way of thinking than laypersons. In a modern democratic society, the legal professions should on the one hand be self-conscious and prudent, regard the will of the people as the basis in terms of values and incorporate the will of the people as a part of legal community through legal dogmatism, and on the other hand, regulate and improve the will of the people through the method of legal dogmatism, thus realized a dialectic and positive interaction between democracy and rule of law.