多元调解机制下司法调解的本质解读

The Essence of Judicial Mediation against the Background of Multifactor Mediation Mechanism

随着"构建社会主义和谐社会"指导思想的确立,包括司法调解在内的各种调解机制在定纷止争、促进和谐中的地位更为突出,随着法院系统对司法调解的日益重视,对调解本质及功能的准确定位成为当前司法研究的重要课题。本文从法哲学的角度对司法调解的本质进行理性反思,提出司法调解的本质是一种谈判民主,并从调解当事人的主体性、调解程序的形式合理性、调解价值的民权属性和调解功能的和谐性四个方面进行了阐述。

This paper makes a rational reflection on the nature of judicial mediation from the perspective of philosophy of law, and it is pointed out that the essence of judicial mediation is a kind of democratic negotiation, and demonstrates it from four aspects： subjectivity of conciliation parties, reasonable form of conciliation proceedings, civil rights of conciliation value, and harmony of conciliation function.