指导性案例何以作为法律渊源?——兼反思我国法源理论与法源实践之关系

Why a Guiding Case Is a Kind of Law of Source--Reflection on the Relationship Between the Theory and Practice of the Legal Source in China

“指导性案例是不是法律渊源”是一个关乎指导性案例研究与实践的重要基础性命题,该命题也可以作为反思与重构我国法源理论与法源实践之关系的一个切入点。为此,应当从多个维度来界定法律渊源的基本内涵与属性,以明确相关讨论的大前提。在此基础之上,还需要反思当代中国法源理论与法源实践之间的复杂关系,并倡导一种“规范多元主义”的法源观念。基于上述分析框架,指导性案例作为当代中国的一种法源类型,不仅在理论上成立,而且也具备重要的现实意义以及相当程度的可行性。

The question that“Is the guiding case the source of law”is an important basic proposition related to guiding case study and practice,which can also be used as a starting point to reflect and reconstruct the relationship between the theory and the practice of legal source in China.Therefore,we should define the basic connotation and attribute of legal source from multiple dimensions,so as to clarify the premise of relevant discussion.On this basis,we also need to reflect on the complex relationship between the theory and the practice of legal source in contemporary China,and advocate a concept of“normative pluralism”.Based on the above analysis framework,as a kind of source of law in contemporary China,a guiding case is not only established in theory,but also has important practical significance and considerable feasibility.