摘要
新中国成立以后，案例指导，以不完备的形式在上级指导下级工作的过程中发挥着重要作用。1956年召开的全国司法工作会议，明确提出要注重典型案例。同年12月份，最高人民法院对审判实践中的问题作了原则性规定，其工作之一就是总结审判工作经验，选择案例来指导工作，并对案例的选择等问题作了具体的规定。
Since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949, guidance over cases, in an incomplete form, has played an important role in the process of guidance by judicial organs at higher levels over the work of those at lower levels. In 1956, a national conference on the work judicial examination was held. The meeting explicitly proposed the attachment of importance to typical cases. In 1962, then Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong （1893-1976）, in light of the existence of relevant problems, pointed out that it would not do without law, and that both the cdminal law and civil law must be enacted, saying that China should not only enact law, but should also compile collections of cases. In December 1962, the Supreme People＇ s Court made principled provisions for relevant issues in the practice of adjudication, under which part of the work was to sum up the experience in the work of adjudication, and select typical cases for guidance over future work. Meanwhile, the supreme court also made specific provisions for ways of selecting typical cases in this regard.
