论司法批复的解释论证功能及其局限

通过请示与批复程序、由两级法院共同裁判疑难案件是我国司法体制上的一大特色.在裁判论证的分工上,司法批复主要发挥明确法律疑义与创设裁判规则的功能;在裁判论证的方法上,司法批复的主文内容直接给出解释/证立的具体方案,并以审判委员会的集体权威担保决定内容的证明效力.司法批复有助于确保规范适用的内在统一性和政治正确性,但是对自身解释的可能限度与论证理由的具体展开缺少方法论上的自省和发展.完善现行司法批复制度可以从强化批复的说理内容入手,建议最高人民法院在公布批复的同时随卷附上请示案件的判决主文.

On the Functions of Interpretational Argumentation of Judicial Official Reply and Its Limitations

Joint judgment of difficult cases bycourts at twolevels throughcases request systemis oneof the main features of China's judicial regime. For the division of judgment and argumentation,judicial reply plays an important rolein clarifying doubtful points in laws and creating judgment rules . For the methodology of judgment and argumentation,the main body of judicial reply directly provides detailed interpretations/argumentations and guarantees the verification effect of the judgment rules via the leverageofthecollectiveauthorityofjudicialcommittee .Judicial replyhelps toensuretheinner unityand political correctness of the criteria applied . However,it lacks methodological introspection on and development of possible scope of the interpretation for itself and the elaboration on the reasoning of its argumentation .Consummation of existing cases request system may start from consolidation of the argumentation of reply .Thesupremecourt mayenclosethemainbodyof thecourt verdictsfor thecases requesting for instructions while publicizing the official replies.