我国民事诉讼中悬赏取证问题探讨

Discussion on Offering a Reward for Testimony in Civil Proceedings

所谓悬赏取证,是指当事人为证明诉讼事实,以公开许诺奖励的方式,请求证人为其作证的举证形式。诉讼法理论界以及司法实务界针对悬赏取证问题出现了两种不同的观点,从两个典型案例出发,探讨悬赏取证出现的现实基础,是否具有合法性以及其证据效力;并且悬赏取证不等于收买证人,与收买证人是两种不同的概念。在此基础上,对悬赏取证的法律规制问题予以阐述,以期规范我国的取证方式。

Offering a Reward for Testimony is that the parties, to prove the litigate facts, publicly promise to reward for the witnesses to give the evidence in civil proceedings. In the theoretical and judicial parts of the civil procedural law, there are two different viewpoints about the reward for testimony. Starting from two typical cases, we should discuss the real basis, the legitimacy and the effect on evidence about the reward for testimony and it is not equal to buying the witnesses, because they have different meaning. On this basis, the legal regulations about the reward for testimony could be elaborated for the purpose of perfecting the ways of getting evidences.