Toward a Discursive Basis of Public Reason in the Internet World

Abstract

隨資訊科技的發展，法律的改變可以用典範移轉形容之。本文嘗試為未來法律進入下一個典範勾勒出一個可能的路徑。哈伯瑪斯(Juergen Habermas)持續以其互生(co-originality)理論批判羅斯(John Rawls)的公共理性以及德沃金(Ronald Dworkin)的裁判理論。由這個領域的理論對話出發，本文期望能導出未來法院裁判與訴訟外爭議解決機制之間相互辯證的重要性。而如何建構以論述為基礎的網路爭議解決機制便是未來法律邁向新典範的關鍵。A paradigm shift is how the legal change after the advancement of information technology has been described. Looking for the next paradigm, this article suggests an approach to initiate the change. Rawls`s concept of public reason and Dworkin`s theory of adjudication form a consistent chain of thought and are consistently critiqued by the cooriginality thesis of Habermas. The discussions of their theoretical exchanges lead to an idea of public conflict resolution emphasizing the dialectic relationship between the court and alternate dispute resolution. The latter can be a discursive public sphere on the internet which is critical for leading us to the next legal paradigm.