法学家 ›› 2025, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (4): 29-49.

• 主题研讨一:法教义学之借鉴意义的中德对话 • 上一篇    下一篇

从法教义学迈向法释义学——兼谈中国自主法释义学体系之构建

王利明   

  • 出版日期:2025-07-15 发布日期:2025-07-08
  • 作者简介:*王利明,法学博士,中国人民大学民商事法律科学研究中心研究员。
  • 基金资助:
    本文系国家社科基金重大项目“我国民法典实施中的重大疑难问题研究”(23&ZD152)的阶段性研究成果。

From Legal Dogmatics to Legal Hermeneutics:On the Construction of China's Autonomous Legal Hermeneutic System

WANG Liming   

  • Online:2025-07-15 Published:2025-07-08
  • About author:Wang Liming, Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow of the Civil and Commercial Law Institute of Renmin University of China.

摘要: 法教义学是德国法学的独特理论与范式,其经历了萌芽阶段、形成阶段、完成阶段和发展阶段。在德国的法学传统当中,法教义学作为一门独立的学科,不同于法理学、法社会学和法史学,具有其独特的功能,并且能够发挥一种方法论的独特作用。德国的法教义学,对于我国法学界而言具有一定的借鉴意义。但是,德国的法教义学深深根植于该国的历史文化传统之中,很难为我国所完全继受。并且,“法教义学”这一名称具有误导性,其内容具有局限性,其方法具有封闭性。为了克服法教义学的上述缺陷,有必要构建中国自主的法释义学体系。法释义学主要服务于立法和司法,其体系构建应当坚持自主性、实践性、体系性、开放性和共识性。构建中国自主的法释义学体系,也是构建中国法学自主知识体系的重要组成部分。

关键词: 法教义学, 法释义学, 法律解释, 法学方法论, 中国法学自主知识体系

Abstract: Legal dogmatics (Rechtsdogmatik) is a distinctive theoretical paradigm in German jurisprudence, having evolved through embryonic, formative, mature, and developmental stages.Within the German legal tradition, legal dogmatics constitutes an independent discipline distinct from legal philosophy, sociology of law, and legal history, fulfilling unique functions and serving as a distinct methodological tool.While German legal dogmatics offers valuable insights for China's legal scholarship, its deep roots in Germany's historical and cultural traditions make full transplantation into the Chinese context untenable.Moreover, the term “legal dogmatics” is potentially misleading, its content inherently limited, and its methodology overly insular.To overcome these limitations, it is imperative to construct China's autonomous legal hermeneutic system.Legal hermeneutics primarily serves legislative and judicial purposes, and its systematic development must adhere to principles of autonomy, practicality, coherence, openness, and consensus.The establishment of China's legal hermeneutic system represents a critical component in building an autonomous knowledge framework for Chinese jurisprudence.

Key words: Legal Dogmatics, Legal Hermeneutics, Legal Interpretation, Legal Methodology, Autonomous Knowledge System of Chinese Jurisprudence