疑案判决的经济学原则分析

Economic Principles in the Adjudication of Doubtful Cases

古代和现代处理疑案的各种司法策略大体遵循同样的经济学逻辑。在技术层面,疑案判决的经济学目标是最小化证明成本及错判损失之和,通过对错判概率、实际错判损失、预期错判损失以及证明成本进行单项或综合比较,获得一套比较完善的关于疑案判决的经济学原则。在制度层面,为促使当事人服判,疑案判决应努力与社会强势观念协调,并尽量诉诸预设的规则。

The various judicial strategies for dealing with doubtful cases in ancient and modern times generally comply with the same economic logic. At the technical level, adjudication of disputed cases should aim to minimize the sum of the cost of proof and the cost of erroneous judgment; by assessing the probability of error, the actual and anticipated losses due to error and the cost of proof, the author has proposed a relatively complete set of economic principles regarding the adjudication of doubtful cases. At the institutional level, judges adjudicating doubtful cases should try to conform to prevalent social concepts and apply pre-existing rules and principles wherever possible in order to make the parties concerned accept the judgment.