英文摘要 |
This article takes the case of Shang Junjun as an example to explore the legitimacy of judicial decision-making in complex situations. Ms. Shang Junjun from Henan Province encountered seemingly insurmountable legal obstacles when applying for marriage registration because her name had been falsely registered by unknow persons in different provinces more than 10 years before. Her request to revoke the false registrations was denied by the registration agency, and her lawsuit against the registration agency exceeded the maximum limitation of 5 years prescribed by the law. The courts in Nantong of Jiangsu province and in other places finally helped her out of this deadlock. Reviewing the case, it can be found that the courts have multiple options to deal with the case. Each option is constrained by legal provisions, doctrines, precedents and consequences, and its choice is neither“the only one”nor“any one”. The legitimacy of judicial decision-making is not a matter of yes or no, but of how much. The task of the court is simply to choose the best one under specific circumstances. Both legal doctrinism and legal realism have blind spots in case studies. |