后现代语境中的法律阐释理论

在后现代语境下,法律阐释理论出现了根本的转向,它对法学科学主义所包含的客观性、确定性、普遍性观念进行了全面的反思和重构,动摇了传统法治主义的基础。后现代的法律阐释理论提倡一种自由的阅读方式,认为任何阐释都是受超越法律以外的因素所影响甚或指引的,阐释者过往的生活经验或先前意识是法律阐释活动的历史基础;法律文本的意义存在着多元的理解结果,客观的、一致的法律判决是不存在的。

The Interpretive Theory of Law in the Postmodern Context

In the post-modern context,there has been a fundamental turn in the interpretive theory of law.It has aroused a comprehensive reflection on and reconstruction of the objectivity,determinacy and universality embraced by legal scientism,thereby shaking the bedrock of the traditional doctrine of rule by law.Postmodern theories of legal interpretation advocate a free reading.They argue that any interpretation is affected or directed by external factors beyond the law.The living experience and preconception of an interpreter constitute the historical foundation of legal interpretation.The meaning of legal text results from pluralistic understandings,and therefore there is no such thing as objective or consistent legal judgment.