法学是否是科学及法学在何种意义上是科学历来存在很大争议,对这个问题的解答关乎中国法学尤其是法理学的转型,关乎中国法理学与部门法、法律实务的良性互动。当前中国的多数法理学者,很少关注这个问题,而是将自己的主要精力放在对法本质、法价值的研究上,忽视了法本身的研究。通过分析法理学的科学属性及科学法理学的研究对象、研究方法,结合当前中国的现实状况,试图论证当代中国对作为科学的法理学的迫切需求。 Whether science is science or not is in what sense it is a controversial issue that science has always existed. The solution to this question concerns the transformation of Chinese jurisprudence, especially jurisprudence, and a benign interaction between Chinese jurisprudence and sectoral law and legal practice. At present, most jurisprudence scholars in China seldom pay attention to this issue. Instead, they focus their research mainly on the nature of law and the value of law, ignoring the study of law itself. By analyzing the scientific attributes of jurisprudence and the research objects and methods of scientific jurisprudence, and combining with the current situation in China, this article attempts to demonstrate the urgent need of contemporary China for jurisprudence as science.