Back to Basics: A Theory of the Emergence of Institutional Facts

In order to account for the mode of existence of social rules and norms, the author develops a theory of the emergence of institutional facts. Just as other kinds of institutional fact, rules and norms are meanings. Therefore, insight into the emergence of social rules and norms can be achieved by studying the recognition and the communication of meanings. Following accounts of meaning and factuality, institutional facts are characterized as unquestionable shared typifications. It is argued that, in becoming an institutional fact, a typification goes through two phases. First, it becomes a social habit. Second, this habit turns into an obligation by being objectified.     

程序主义法律范式:哈贝马斯解决法律合法性问题的一个尝试

通过对古典“资产阶级形式法”与当代“福利国家实质法”两大主流法律范式的分析、解剖,哈贝马斯指出,在当前社会条件下,法的合法性问题的解决,必须用交往理性取代传统的实践理性。在交往行动理论的基础上,通过一个合理的民主程序即沟通程序的建构,建立起平等自由的对话空间,通过平等的交往对话,实现法的事实性与有效性的统一。     

诉讼时效的理论基础:有待破解的法律之谜--诉讼时效基本理论的反思与我国诉讼时效立法的重新选择(一)

我国近现代继受民法诉讼时效制度时,没有发生如同西方激烈的伦理争议,理所当然地以"效率"和"有利查清案件事实"作为诉讼时效理论基础全盘加以接受.民法学界对于诉讼时效理论基础的解释,混淆了诉讼时效和取得时效的差别,抹杀了实体立法与程序立法的目的,颠倒了权利与利益之间的因果关系,无论在功利分析还是逻辑实证方面都不成立.必须跳出既有的理论领域,寻找诉讼时效的理论基础之谜.