刍论民间法对法律方法的可能贡献

民间法与国家法的张力由来已久,其紧张关系体现并爆发于法官的办案过程中。作为认识论的民间法依赖并附着于法律方法而生,又为法律方法之鲜活提供养分;而作为方法论的民间法则与法律方法同为方法论,在法学研究方法的博弈中,构成对立统一和互补关系。本文试图从民间法作为国家法之外实存并运行于中国当下社会的规范或秩序的认识出发,探讨民间法与法律方法间的辩证关系,为在司法过程中实现民间法与国家法的有效融合和互动,实现法治原则下和谐社会的宏伟目标,提出有关民间法对司法过程中法律方法的可能性贡献的些许思考。

Folk Law's Possible Contribution to Legal Methodology

The tension between the national law and the folk law lies in the judicial process.As a kind of methodology,the folk law is a kind of original rule contrary to the national law.In the judicial process,national law has a constructive relationship with folk law,resorting to the legal methodology.On the basement of these viewpoints,the paper provides some ideas on the folk law's possible contribution to legal methodology.