法律解释的本体与方法

解释学经历了从方法转向本体的发展理路,在这一转向中,作为解释学核心概念的理解由人文科学的方法论转变为人的生存意义的创生方式。解释学的重心转换影响着法律解释理论的发展走向,传统法律解释理论将解释作为追寻立法者意图的方法消解了司法者的历史性,解释学的本体论转向使这一企图成为无法实现的乌托邦,但也由此强化了法律解释的创造性而解构法治的确定性;现代的法律解释理论将解释学的方法论纳入其本体论框架之中,实现了本体论解释学对法律解释的建设意义。因此,解释学的重心转换使法律解释处于方法与本体的张力之中。

From Methodology to Ontology: A Barycenter Transition in Legal Interpretation

Hermeneutics has undergone a transition from methodology to ontology,in the process of which comprehension,a core concept of hermeneutics,turns from the methodology of literae humaniores to the living way of mankind.The barycenter transition in philosophical hermeneutics has exerted an impact upon the development of legal interpretation theories.Traditional legal interpretation theories treat interpretation as a method to pursue the intention of legislators and refuse to accept the creativity of the judiciary,while ontology thinks it is entirely impossible to get the intention of legislators,emphasizes the judiciary's creativity in legal interpretation and negates the certainty of government in accordance with a system of law.While incorporating methodology of legal interpretation into ontology,present legal interpretation theories realize the ideal to establish a legal interpretation system with ontological interpretation.Therefore,the barycenter transition of hermeneutics puts legal interpretation at a paradoxical position between methodology and ontology.