作为法律渊源的习俗性规则及其效力渊源——兼论习俗性规则司法适用的方法论意义

Legal Origin Status of the Customary Rules and Sources of Validity—Also on Methodological Significance of Judicial Application of Customary Rules

习俗性规则具有规范性、普遍性和稳定性的特点,这是习俗性规则司法适用的首要内在条件;习俗性规则必须作为法律渊源才有其司法适用的可能性,从司法立场、立法技术立场和法律史立场均能论证习俗性规则的法律渊源地位;而作为法律渊源的习俗性规则的效力标准不仅有其内在的逻辑的效力标准,也有其外在的伦理的效力标准和事实的效力标准。习俗性规则作为法律渊源,其方法论意义在于为法律发现提供了合法性前提,并且为法律论证提供了规范性融贯前提。

The customary rule has the characteristics of normality,universality and stability,which is the first and foremost condition of the judicial application of the customary rule.The customary rule must be regarded as the source of law to have the possibility of its judicial application.It demonstrate that the customary rule has status of the legal origin from the judicial standpoint,technical standpoint and legal history position;as the source of law,the validity criterions of the customary rule not only include the standard of validity of its inner logic,but also include its external ethical validity criterion and factual effectiveness standards.As a kind of legal source,customary rule provides a legitimacy premise for legal discovery and provide a normative premise for legal argumentation