一般法理学的“乌托邦”——述评《全球化与法律理论》

全球化对传统法理学体系结构的封闭、研究对象的狭隘和理论视角的片面提出了挑战。特瓦宁教授提出要复兴一般法理学,为描绘世界的总体法律图景提供适当的概念工具,为在更广阔的背景中审视法律现象选取有效的观察视角,为提炼和概括超越特殊法律文化的元语言(meta-language)探求实际可行的道路。尽管他的理论设计是完美的,却难以付诸法理学研究的实践。

The Utopia of General Jurisprudence:A Review on Globalization and Legal Theory

Globalization challenges the traditional jurisprudence in its close structure, narrow object, and limited perspective. Prof. Twining argues to revive general jurisprudence so as to produce proper conceptual instruments to draw a worldly general legal prospect, provide effective perspective to view the law in an extensive context, and explore viable approach to refine the meta-language crossing special legal cultures. Even though his theoretical design is perfect, it is not workable in the practice of legal research.