联邦主权与州主权的迷思——麦卡洛克诉马里兰州案中的政治修辞及其法律陷阱

本文通过对麦卡洛克诉马里兰州案的政治解读,揭示出马歇尔大法官如何运用政治修辞与法律推理技术把联邦党人的政治主张变成美国宪法原则。在这个过程中,尤其细致分析了马歇尔在法律推理过程中对历史事实、宪政理论乃至法律概念的解释采取了歪曲和误读,以服务于其捍卫联邦主权、扩张联邦权力的政治主张,从而指出,法律人既要掌握修辞的技艺,也要对修辞保持高度的警惕。

A Perplexity on Federal Sovereignty & State Sovereignty

Through political reading the McColluch v.Maryland in the background of debates between federalists and anti-federalists,especially revealing misuses of historical events,constitutional theories and interpretations in the case for defending the federal supremacy and extending federal powers,the author tries to explore how the justice Marshall turn political arguments of federalists into a part of constitutional principles by deliberate use of rhetoric and legal reasoning in the case.In this way,the article warns that lawyers should be on alert for the rhetoric art as well as in control of it.