法理学的性质:关于法律一般属性的讨论如何可靠

The Nature of Legal Theory:How is the Argumentation about the Nature of Law Justified

通常认为,法理学是关于法律是什么的一般理论。然而,在什么样的方法论能够匹配相关理论的问题上,存在着严重的对立。其中,法实证主义者一般认为,法理学是一套价值中立的描述性理论;而德沃金认为,法理学是一套蕴含价值承诺的诠释主义理论。然而,由于描述性理论必然预设关于法律功能的评价性态度,又兼德沃金的诠释主义在价值问题上存在困难,因此,最佳的选择应该是蕴含关于形式法治这个价值的诠释主义。

It is generally accepted that legal theory is the general theory about what Lawis.However,there is the huge debate about the methodology of legal theory.Legal positivists basically agree that legal theory is descriptive which means that theory is value-free,but on the contrary,Dworkin holds legal theory is interpretative which means that theory is value-laden.I agree with Dworkin’s view,but I think that legal theory is the interpretive theory about the value of the Rule of Law.