论法律发现及其存在价值

法律发现是指法官判案时生成裁判规范依据的活动。在司法适用的过程中，法律发现存在的必要性取决于找法的三种结果以及相应的案件的两大类型：一般案件与疑难案件。法律发现的意义在于一方面确保裁判依据的外在化，另一方面又使得裁判依据确定化。

On the Discovery of Law and Its Value

Discovery of law refers to the activity of generating criterion of judgment in deciding a case. In judicial process, the necessity of the discovery of law lies in the three kinds of results and the corresponding two sorts of cases common cases and complex cases. Its significance rests with both its ensuring the extemalized criterion of judgment and ascertaining the criterion.