英美陪审团制度的政治解读

Political Analysis on British and American Jury System

在现代社会,呈现在人们面前的陪审团是作为司法工具而被众人所感知,这在英美等国也是如此。然而,从本质上说,陪审团制度首先是一种政治制度,而又是以司法的形式表现出来的。陪审团制度的核心目标在于对国家强制权力的防范和对个人自由权利的保护;要实现这一目的,必须具有同一理念的法治、宪政和民主等现代政治环境。陪审团制度恰当地表现了英美国家政治与法律的联姻关系。以往的有关研究多局限于法学层面,该研究则是在政治学层面深入分析的一种尝试。

Under the modern British and American political,economic and social circumstances,jury is only regarded as an administration of justice.However,jury system is indeed a political system and also a tool of legal system.The aim of British and American jury system is both freedom and liberty.Democracy,rule of law and constitutional government with jury system have the same ideal that they all participate in government and political affairs and protect individual freedom.