争议与困惑:经济法中的法律责任研究述评

经济法学界对法律责任已有20多年的研究,在法律责任的一般理论基础上形成了多种学说。在这些研究中,经济法中的法律责任的称谓、独立性问题争议尚存;对经济法中的法律责任的特点形成了一定程度的共识;在具体责任形态方面,经济法通过直接和间接方式承继了传统法律责任,同时又以企业社会责任、缺陷产品召回、惩罚性赔偿、纠正性广告等形式展现了经济法中法律责任的特色。相关研究的争议和困惑反映了经济法学理论研究中较为普遍存在的概念术语范畴体系的矛盾冲突,这主要是经济法学非传统的新兴交叉学科特征所决定的,用"经济"一词在传统术语上贴标签式的研究进路值得反思。

Controversy and Dilemma:Legal Liability in Economic Law

More than twenty years has slipped by since the topic of legal liability was studied in the economic law area.Based on the general theory of legal liability,a variety of doctrines have been developed.However,there still exist arguments about the designation and separateness of the legal liability adopted in economic law whereas certain consensus has been reached on the features of the legal liability.As for the modes of specific liabilities,while inheriting directly and indirectly the traditional legal liabilities,economic law exhibits some unique obligatory features in the aspects of corporate social liability,defective product recall,punitive damages,and corrective advertising remedy.The controversy and dilemma concerning the study indicate a universal conflict in the field of terminology between economic law and other laws.Thus the effortless researching approach of adding "economy" or "economic" to traditional terms seems worthy of reconsidering.