试论法律社会渊源的理论基础

在正式的法律渊源之外 ,还有大量的非正式法律渊源 (本文迳称为“法律的社会渊源”)的存在 ,这已是学术界普遍承认的事实。然而 ,为什么必须由社会渊源来弥补正式渊源的不足 ,其理论基础究竟何在 ,在法理上则很少有研究性的文章。为此 ,作者通过择取“自然与约定”、“理性与经验”、“国家与社会”三对范畴 ,论述了社会渊源存在的理论依据。作者的观点是 :法律的社会渊源是法律的理论与实践所必须 ,也符合法律与社会关系的一般原理 ,具有正当性与民主性基础

On the Theoretic Foundation of Social Sources of Law

It has been recognized commonly that there are a lot of informal sources of law(called"The Social Sources"in the article)besides the formal sources of law.But why we need the social sources to make up the weakness of the formal sources?And what's the theoretical basis of their existence?There are few articles about it in jurisprudence.So the author demonstrates the theoretical reasons why the social sources exist,by choosing three categories:"Nature and Convention","Reason and Experience"and"State and Society",The author's view is that the social sources are not only necessary to the legal theories and practices,but also accord with the general principles of legal and social relationship,and their existence have the basis of justice and democracy.