论美国环境法法典化的失败——以环境法重述之争为视角

On the Failure of Restatement of American Environmental Law——Viewpoint of the Disputation on Its Restatement

美国学界围绕环境法是否应当被重述形成了观点对立的两派。激烈争论的背后,是环境法学者试图通过法典化改变美国环境法窘状的努力,更映射出学者们对环境法向何处去的不同认识及态度。尽管美国环境法重述被宣告搁置,但这场法典化争论值得探析和思考。我国环境法学界最终确立了“适度化”编纂环境法典的目标,明确了当代环境法学的历史使命。在人类命运共同体的大背景下,环境法共同体逐渐显现,而无论是我国环境法典编纂的探索还是美国环境法重述的争辩,目的都是为环境法律部门更具体系性而进行重塑,消弭环境法律内部规则之间冲突、分散、重复的弊端。对于我国环境法典,需要进一步明确编纂目标,夯实编纂方法,坚持编纂的程序性定位,树立起环境法学科独立自信的价值体系,增强环境法学术共同体的凝聚力。

There is a debate over whether environmental law should be restated or not in the United States,forming two opposing factions.The debate actually is the efforts of environmental jurists to change the dilemma of American environmental law,mapping out different understandings and attitudes towards the direction of environmental law.Although the restatement of American environmental law failed,it is worth exploring and thinking about the reasons.China’s environmental law community finally established the goal of“moderate”compilation of environmental code,which shoulders the historical mission of contemporary environmental law.In the context of the community of human destiny,the community of environmental law has gradually emerged,and both the exploration of the compilation of China’s environmental code and the debate on the restatement of American environmental law are aimed at reshaping the environmental law department to make it more systematic and eliminating the disadvantages of conflict,dispersion and repetition among the internal rules of environmental law.For the environmental law code of our country,it is necessary to further clarify the objective of the codification,consolidate the interpretation method of environmental law,adhere to the procedural orientation of the codification of environmental law,establish an independent and confident value system of environmental law discipline,and enhance the cohesion of the academic community of environmental law.