西方国家民事诉讼审前准备程序概况与评析

A Survey and Analysis of the Preparatory Pretrial Procedure of Civil Litigation in West Countries

西方国家民事诉讼的发展趋势由偏重开庭审理转为审前准备程序并重 ,体现出法官的职权行使受当事人权利的约束等一些共同特征。审前准备程序的价值在于为当事人拥有积极行使诉讼权利的空间和手段 ,提高诉讼参与性 ,保障诉讼的民主性、公正性和公开性提供基础条件。

The developing trend of civil litigation in West countries has varied from trial on court to the combination of preparatory pretrial procedure and trial on court,which reflects some general features of the carrying out of judge's powers,such as restraints of parties'rights.The value of preparatory pretrial procedure lies in the fact that the clients have enough room and methods to uphold rights of action positively and to increase the participatability of action,and that fundamental conditions are provided for the guarantee of democracy,justice and openness.