“法感”在法律推理中的价值及其适用

The Value and Application of “Rechtsgefuehl” in Legal Reasoning

法感是个体在社会化进程中所习得的对具体法律现象的是非曲直的直觉。它的正当性源于法律的多元性以及法律和社会的契合。法感在法律推理中具有重要意义,为可废止推理提供依据,提升司法民主水平,确保个案公正,服务于法治的整体目标。在法律推理中,它在寻找大前提、认定事实和得出结论的过程中均可能出现,尤其是在涉及法律原则、法外渊源等大前提的运用时,其作用更为明显。法感和"法律人思维"存在一定冲突,但不能因此否认法感的作用,相反,应发掘法感为法律推理所提供的可能结论,进而与依据法律人思维得出的结论形成竞争,选择更有说服力的结论。

Rechtsgefuehl is an intuition of the right and wrong of specific legal phenomena acquired by individuals in the process of socialization. Its legitimacy stems from the pluralism of law and the correspondence between law and society. Rechtsgefuehl is of great significance in legal reasoning. It provides a basis for defeasible reasoning, promotes the level of judicial democracy, ensures the fairness of individual cases, and serves the overall goal of the rule of law. In legal reasoning, it may appear in the process of finding major premises, ascertaining facts and drawing conclusions, especially when it involves the application of major premises such as legal principles and extra-legal sources. There is a certain conflict between Rechtsgefuehl and the ideology of"Thinking Like a Lawyer", but we cannot deny the function of Rechtsgefuehl. We should explore the possible conclusions provided by Rechtsgefuehl for legal reasoning, which will then compete with the conclusions drawn from the ideology of"Thinking Like a Lawyer". This enables us to choose more convincing conclusions.