并非有一种值得期待的宣言——我们时代的法学为什么需要重视方法

每一个时代都有自己的独特的法律现象或法律问题,各个时代的法学必须针对这些现象或问题提出新的解释或解决方案。中国法学现今的问题是:对什么是法学之“学”,尤其什么是法学的性质和立场并没有统一而明确的认识;知识生产无序化的现象;法学不能为实践提供智力支持。针对上述问题,我们的对策是:一是让法学的知识兴趣从政策定向转向司法定向;二是使法学视角返归实在法;三是法学向方法的回归。法学方法论的研究,从一个侧面为我们的法学建构提供一种观照的镜鉴,一种特殊的精神气质和建立法学知识标准的某种进路。我们可以对一切缺乏方法论支持的所谓学术创造提出最低限度的质疑。

Why Jurisprudence in Present Days Should Be Emphasized?

Unique legal phenomena or legal problems are surely to be observed or encountered in a specific era and thus the task of interpreting the phenomena or solving the problems is assigned to jurisprudence in that era.In present days the problems met by Chinese jurisprudence are as follows: no uniform or clear recognition of what constitutes the science of law,especially of the nature and position of law,disorder of knowledge-production,and the failure of jurisprudence to afford an intellectual support for practice.To solve these problem,we must(1) guide intellectual research to turn from concentration on policies to judicial practice;(2) make jurisprudence research return to positive law;and(3) emphasize the importance of methodology in jurisprudence research work.The study of methodology,to some extent,can furnish a reference to the structure of jurisprudence,create a peculiar spirit and expedite a passage to lay down the criteria of jurisprudence scholarship.Indeed,any scholarship without underlying methodology is susceptible to doubt and controversy.