中国庭前会议制度适用率低的原因及对策

On Causes of Low Application of Pretrial Conference System in China and Its Coping Strategies

中国2012年新修订的刑事诉讼法确立了庭前会议制度作为连接起诉和庭审之间的中间程序。但在司法实践中适用率却极低,为了解决庭前会议适用率极低的问题,需要在理论和立法上继续创新。庭前会议所要解决的程序性问题分为普通的程序性事项和重大的程序性事项,而针对普通的程序性事项可以采取"作出决定模式",对实体裁判结果可能产生重大影响的程序性事项则可以采取有利于被告方的"合意模式"。同时对庭前会议的启动方式,主持庭前会议的法官范围,被告人是否应参加庭前会议等问题进行讨论,以此完善中国的庭前会议制度,提高庭前会议制度的适用率。

The pretrial conference system,as the mediatory procedure connecting the prosecution and court trial,was established in the newly-amended Criminal Lawin 2012.However,it has rarely been applied in the legal practice.The solution to such problem lies in the further creation in either theory or legislation.The procedural problems needed to be solved in the pretrial conference are either ordinary or important.For the ordinary procedural issues,the decision-making mode can be adopted.Nevertheless,for those which may exert great influence on the verdict,the joint-discussion pattern in favor of the defense can be taken.Meanwhile,the issues should be discussed,like the starting mode of the pretrial conference,judges presiding the conference and the defendant＇s participation in it.This can help to perfect such system and increase its application.