以人為邏輯起點的法學研究及其知識目標

Legal study and its knowledge goal with human logical starting point

研究是獲取新的可靠知識的系統方法，這意味著研究必須採用學界公認的研究方法與研究路徑來進行。法學研究也不例外，它是為獲取有關法律的新穎性、可靠性知識，採取系統的、有規則的方法進行的一種智力創造活動。法學是人學，法學必須以人為邏輯起點，通過對“人的模式”的建構，提煉出“ 法律人” 這一核心假定，從而就人的行為所引發的法律問題予以研究。在研究目標上，一是要強調法律知識的新穎性，即通過法學研究所產生的新知識能夠佔領制高點、填補空白點、深化聚焦點；二是要強調法律知識的可靠性，即相關的新知識能夠言之成理、言之有據。對於法學研究結論的檢驗，可採取以理論檢驗理論、以事實檢驗理論、以規範檢驗理論、以邏輯檢驗理論等檢驗手段來予以完成。

Research is a systematic method to acquire novel and reliable knowledge, which means that research must be conducted using widely accepted research methods and steps that are accepted by the academia. Legal research is no exception, it is an intellectually creative activity conducted under a systematic and disciplined method in order to obtain novel and reliable legal knowledge. Jurisprudence is a humanistic study, thereby legal research should take human as its logical beginning, construct the “model of the human” and conceptualize the core assumption of “legal person” to research legal issues arising from human behaviors. In terms of research aims, legal research first emphasizes the novelty of legal knowledge, which means the new knowledge generated through legal research could occupy the theoretical high ground, fill in the knowledge gaps and deepen debates; second, legal research also emphasizes the reliability of legal knowledge, namely that the new knowledge can be well and solidly argued. Testing the truthfulness of legal research conclusions can be done using theoretical, factual, normative and logical test methods.