法律方法论的意义

法律方法论对维护法治、防止专断、正确地应用法律有着积极的意义。法律方法论不是指那种纯粹逻辑技巧的综合,而是指从大的方面综合了法律价值、社会关系和法律文本的理解艺术。这种艺术虽然并不能完全保证判决结论的正确性,但可以提高判决的正确率。因而,我们既不能轻视法律方法的研究,也不能在实践中把其置于绝对的位置。法治建设需要法律方法论。

The Significance of Legal Methodology

The paper discusses the functions of legal methodology from two opposite dimensions.The author argues that legal methodology has positive significance for rule of law,which would benefit for the application of law correctly and prevent arbitrariness. At the same time the author point out that legal methodology means not a collection of purely logic techniques, but an art of comprehensive understanding of legal values, social relations and legal texts. Although such art can not ensure the correctness of the outcome of decisions completely, it improves the correctness rates of the decisions. Thus we should not neglect the research of legal methods, and not to overestimate such research in an absolute way at the same time. Legal methodology is essential for the construction of rule of law.