编译者按:按照维尔纳·克拉维茨教授(Wermer Krawietz)的说法,“法律论证(推理)理论”不过是对传统法律论证学说与法律方法论的一种更为时髦的称谓。当然,称谓的变更在一定程度上意味着重心的迁移:当代法律论证理论的首要任务在于,为法律判断与裁判的理性证立确认或者设立规则。实际上,从事法律实践以及实践法学(或日法律教义学)的人们——即法律人或法律专家——对于法律论证规则向来并不陌生。譬如传统法学方法论上的法律渊源清单、法律解释规 According to Wermer Krawietz, the “theory of reasoning (reasoning) theory” is merely a more chic name for traditional doctrine of argumentation and legal methodology. Of course, the change of appellation implies the shift of center of gravity to a certain extent: the primary task of contemporary legal argumentation theory is to confirm or establish rules for the rationality of legal judgment and adjudication. In fact, people who practice law and practice jurisprudence (or Japanese legal doctrine) - legal or legal experts - are no strangers to the rules of legal argument. For example, the legal origin of the traditional legal methodology, the legal interpretation rules