邁向法治的憲政實踐:大法官解釋規範內涵的人權考察
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邁向法治的憲政實踐:大法官解釋規範內涵的人權考察
Moving Towards the Practice of the Constitutional Rule of Law-Investigating Human Rights from the Normative Content of Interpretations of the Justices
孫學研究
1996-2657
半年刊
2020/11/12
第29期
p.47-88
探討司法審查的法治內涵,是理解臺灣民主發展的核心課題之一。本文考察迄今為止司法院大法官所做的憲法解釋,指出有49則解釋文及理由書與「法治」有關,並分法治未明期(1948-1993年)、法治形塑期(1994-2007年)、法治實踐期(2008-2020年)三個時期進行內容分析,整理出「程序原則」及「實體權利」等法治特徵。藉由「歷史—結構」的宏觀視野,我們發現晚近大法官透過人權保障、法安定性、信賴保護等憲政規範的原則推理,似乎已然描繪出一個邁向人權法治國的方向。亦即,自2003年新制大法官就任以來,逐步藉由憲法解釋,建構出法治的各項原則,並約略於2007年至2008年間將法治的主要意涵確定下來,至今持續實踐著司法保障人權之目標。最後本文點出「法治尚未成功,司法仍須努力」箴言,反思百年前孫中山推翻帝制、屏除人治,擘劃民權主義的時代意義,藉此闡發孫學研究的學術價值。
The exploration of the legal content of judicial review is one of the core issues in gaining an insight into Taiwan’s development of democracy. In this paper, since the investigation commenced, the constitutional interpretations of the Justices of Constitutional Court, Judicial Yuan have thus far pointed out 49 explanatory texts and statements related to “the rule of law”. In addition, content analysis was carried out in three periods, namely, rule of law unknown period (1948-1993), rule of law shaping period (1994-2007), and rule of law practice period (2008-2020), to sort out the characteristics of the rule of law, including “the principles of procedure” and “substantive rights”. Through the macroscopic viewpoint of “history-structure”, it was found that through the principles of the constitutional norms including human rights protection, legal certainty, reliance protection, etc., the justices in recent years seem to have depicted the direction towards a nation of human rights and rule of law. That is, since the Grand Justices took office under the new system, various principles of the rules of law were successively constructed through interpretations of the constitution. In addition, around 2007 and 2008, the main contents of the rule of law were finalized. So far, the goal of judicial protection of human rights continues to be practiced. Finally, the motto of “the rule of law has yet to succeed, and administration of justice still has room for improvement” was pointed out in this paper to reflect on the epoch-making significance of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s overthrowing the monarchy, dismissing the rule of man, and demarcating civil rights, thereby illustrating the academic value of Sunology research.
國立國父紀念館
臺北市
投稿日:民國109年4月30日;接受刊登日:民國109年11月2日。