司法意识形态:能动与克制的反思

Judicial Ideology:Reflection on Activism and Restraint

能动司法在中国有多种意义,但其基本的含义是超于法律和职权进行司法活动。能动司法因与法治的基本要求不吻合因而不宜作为司法理念,只能作为法律方法层面灵活处理案件的姿态。能动司法不可避免,但对其不能放任,而应该约束。最近提出的能动司法得到了很多赞赏,接受程度很高,这是有历史原因的,当然也是值得警惕的。在依法治国建设社会主义法治国的进程中,能动司法会不会冲击这一方略是我们必须研究的。我国的法治建设刚刚起步,经不起能动司法的折腾。

For the Chinese people, active judicature bears several meanings, the core of which, however, is that judicial activities may be developed beyond law and power. Inconsistent with the basic requirements of rule of law, active judicature is not an ideal judicial notion but rather a means to settle specific legal cases. Ac- tive judicature is an unescapable reality and we should let it alone but exercise restraint of it. The conception of active judicature is popular these days, which we should watch out for. We should be on guard against its adverse effects upon the construction of China into a socialist country under rule of law.