我国台湾地区司法改革述评

Review of Taiwan's Judicial Reform

司法改革是政治体制改革的重要组成部分。司法不仅承担着定分止争、惩罚犯罪的作用,更担负起维护宪政,保卫民权的职责。两岸于数十年前先后启动了司法改革,在改革前因、主要内容、成就教训方面各具特色,但同时也存在诸多共通之处。台湾地区司法改革成功的充要条件、制约改革效果的障碍因素等,都对大陆顺利推进司法改革,具有重要的参照意义。

Judicial reform is an important part of the political reform.Justice not only undertakes the mission to settle disputes and punish crimes,but also carries out duties to uphold the Constitution,protecting the rights of citizens.The governments of the two sides on the Taiwan Strait have launched judicial reform since decades before.They have differences between causes,contents,achievements and lessons;however,they also share many similarities in the judicial reforms.It is beneficial to sum up successes and failures of Taiwan's judicial reform to provide theoretical reference to the progress of judicial reform in the mainland.