作者：许中缘
作者介绍：中南大学法学院教授
出版日期：2021年12月9日
内容提要 法律的功能由不断变化的社会因素塑造并随之转变，这使得法律能够与社 会俱进。我国《民法典》具有自治法与治理法、人文主义与社会正义、市场发展与道德建设、 个体主义与团体主义的现代化面相，传统教义学的释意模式已无法涵盖。功能主义释意契 合民法典价值更新的现代化需求，顺应法典制定后的司法适用需要，可避免陷入传统立法及 释意模式的路径依赖与路径封锁。功能主义释意的本质是“超越法教义学、回归法教义学”， 在尊重民法典内、外部体系区分的基础上，挖掘并深入阐释既有之体系内涵与规范意旨，保 障《民法典》适用的安定性与可预见性。功能主义释意可凝聚《民法典》的体系化内涵、 促进民法法教义学的融合发展，对于构建中国的民法体系与民法学体系均具有重要意义。
关键词 民法典 功能变迁 功能主义释意 内部体系 外部体系
Abstract: The constantly changing social factors have been shaping and transforming the function of law, enabling the law to keep pace with society. China’s Civil Code has the modernized physiognomy of autonomy law and governance law, humanism and social justice, market development and moral relations, individualism and collectivism, which cannot be covered by the traditional mode of legal interpretation. The interpretation of functionalism corresponds to the modernized requirement for renewing the value of the Civil Code, conforms to the needs of judicial application upon the enactment of the Code, and avoids plunging into the path dependence and path blockade of traditional legislation. Based on the respect of distinction between the internal and external systems of the Civil Code, the interpretation of functionalism discovers and thoroughly articulates the existing connotation of the system and normative purpose, so as to ensure the stability and predictability of the application of the Civil Code. The interpretation of functionalism collects and extracts the systematic connotation of the Civil Code, and promotes the integration and development of civil law dogmatics, which is of great significance to the construction of the civil law system and civil law study system in China.