司法公正根植于法官的职业道德素质

Professional Virtue and Qualifications of Judges as the Basis for Judiciary Impartiality

在法治国家里 ,司法是保护公民权益、维护社会正义的最后一道屏障 ,因而司法裁断的公正与否直接关系到社会正义能否实现 ,并进而影响着公众对法律制度的信心和信赖。司法公正根植于法官的职业道德素质 ,从我国的司法现状及现实需要出发 ,法官应确立公正、独立、廉洁、行为正当、勤勉尽责、忠于职守的道德规范与行为规则。我国在加强法官职业道德建设和规范法官行为操守的工作中 ,必须改变以前单纯地以政治素质代表职业道德的作法 ,对法官思想素质方面的要求要体现出与其他职业、岗位的本质区别 ;改变以前由上级对下级、领导对群众灌输的教育方式 ,应使法官从根本上认识到司法活动的职业特点 ;改变以前那种认为职业道德属于可抓可不抓的观念 ,认识到法官职业道德是法官行为的基本准则 ,关系到司法能否公正和公众对法治的信仰等根本性问题 ;改变道德修养应靠自身修养的观念 ,认识到营造崇尚公平正义、遵守职业道德和行为操守规则的环境是培养法官良好职业道德的重要措施。

Judicature being the last safeguard for protecting civil rights and defending socialism in legalized countries, the partiality or impartiality in judiciary decisions will determine whether socialism can be realized and in turn influence the trust in and reliance on legal system from the public. Judiciary impartiality owes much to judges professional virtue and qualifications. In terms of the current judiciary situation and soical demand, judges should be fare and square, independent, clean, devoted to duty, and faithful to moral and conduct code. In intensifying the professional virtue of judges and normalizing their legal practice, it is important that the mere political quality as criterion should be replaced by professional virtue and the professional requirement of judges should reflect the characteristics of judicature. Moreover, judges must be aware of the unique features of judiciary practice,recognize the professional virtue as the fundamental principles for their legal practice, and realize that it is an effective way to develop fine professional virtue out of them by creating an environment in which justice is preferred and moral virtues and regulations are observed.