法律发现的原则剖析

在法官看来,法律渊源不能停留在仅是各种法律集合体的静止状态,其方法论意义只有与法律发现相结合才能被彰显。于是,司法立场的法律渊源成为法官寻找裁判纠纷规则的“仓库”。法官在法律渊源中发现法律时要遵循以下几个原则:正式法律渊源优于非正式法律渊源; 规则优于原则; 下位法优于上位法; 特别法优于一般法。

Analysis of legal finding principles

In the judge＇s point of view, the source of law can not stay in the static state as the collection of various laws only. The methodological significance of it could only be manifested when combined with legal finding. Therefore, the source of law from judicial perspective becomes the“warehouse” of judges to seek rules of referee disputes. When finding law from the source of law, the judge should follow the following principles：the formal source of law is superior to informal source of law;the rules are superior to principles;the lower law is superior to the upper law;and the special law is superior to the general law.