论民事诉讼当事人陈述的功能

The Function of the Statement of the Party to a Civil Action

当事人陈述是在任何民事案件审理过程中都存在的一种诉讼材料。在大陆法系国家,当事人陈述可分为事实(主要事实)主张、自认和其他陈述三个部分,各部分具有不同的功能。在我国民事诉讼法中,当事人陈述仅具有单一的证据功能。但我国司法实践中,由于诉讼理念的转变,当事人陈述的功能逐渐走向了多元化,从而与大陆法系国家当事人陈述的功能趋于一致。在此背景下,仍有必要在审判实务操作中强调和重视当事人陈述的证据功能。

A party＇ s statement is universally needed in the hearing of civil actions. In civil law countries, a party＇ s statement consists of three parts ： fact （ main fact） allegation, admission and other statement, each of which plays a different role. However, in China＇ s civil procedural law, a party＇ s statement serves only as evidence. Along with the change of litigatory logics, the party＇ s statement is becoming plural functional in China＇ s judicial practice and its function gradually becomes consistent with that of the party in civil law countries. Under such circumstances, it is necessary for us to stress the evidential function of the statement of the party in judicial practice.