The New Recipe for a General Principle of Law: Premise Theory to “Fill in the Gaps”
The New Recipe for a General Principle of Law: Premise Theory to “Fill in the Gaps”
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法律一般原理的新药方：“填补空白”的前提理论
DOI：
10.1017/s2044251322000455
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发表时间：
2022
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0.8
通讯作者：
Megumi Ochi
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作者：
LI Zhongyu;瀬田 真;瀬田 真;Makoto SETA;Makoto SETA;Makoto SETA;Makoto SETA;Makoto SETA;越智萌;Megumi Ochi;Megumi Ochi
本文提出了一种新的理论--“前提理论”，用以解释近年来国际刑事法院在寻找一般法律原则方面的实践。本文在分析传统的国内法律的环境向国际环境的转换理论和修正/选择模式后，论证了应当将焦点从任意性转移到对一般法律原则的承认结果的决定因素上。优先权理论解释了一种机制，即法官修改一项共同的法律的原则或选择最适当的国家法律的原则适用于手头的问题，以反映法律的领域、法院，有时甚至是个案的前提。本文最后建议利用前提理论作为解释工具，并作为法律的推理的指导，以增加司法的透明度和可预测性。最后，它主张将前提理论适用于国际法的其他领域。
This article proposes a new theory, “premise theory”, to account for recent international criminal courts’ practice on finding general principles of law. After analysing the traditional theory of transposition from national to international legal settings, and the modification/choice model, this article demonstrates that the focus should be shifted from arbitrariness to the determinants of results of recognizing general principles of law. Premise theory explains a mechanism that judges modify a common legal principle or choose the most appropriate national legal principle to apply to the issue at hand to reflect the premises of the legal field, the court, and, sometimes, even the individual case. This article concludes with a proposal for utilizing premise theory as an explanatory tool and as a guide for legal reasoning to increase judicial transparency and predictability. Lastly, it advocates for the application of premise theory to other areas of international law.